#9BC556#9BC556

#9BC556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC556
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -31.38, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 59.29, 121.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0885 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.147 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1635, 47.5724, 16.1321)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC556 #8056C5

analogous

#C5B856 #9BC556 #63C556

triadic

#9BC556 #569BC5 #C5569B

tetradic

#9BC556 #56C5B8 #8056C5 #C55663

square

#9BC556 #56C5B8 #8056C5 #C55663

split-complementary

#9BC556 #5663C5 #B856C5

monochromatic

#5A7829 #7CA539 #9BC556 #B6D584 #D1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9BC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#9BC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC556

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC556	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd689',
    500: '#9bc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc556;
$custom-light: #bbd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.703,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC556

secondary

#B6A4D3

accent

#4FD883

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC556

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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