#9BC656#9BC656

#9BC656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.149 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC656
RGB	rgb(155, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -31.85, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 59.81, 122.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0898 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.149 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3913, 48.0281, 16.2081)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC656 #8156C6

analogous

#C6B956 #9BC656 #63C656

triadic

#9BC656 #569BC6 #C6569B

tetradic

#9BC656 #56C6B9 #8156C6 #C65663

square

#9BC656 #56C6B9 #8156C6 #C65663

split-complementary

#9BC656 #5663C6 #B956C6

monochromatic

#5A7929 #7CA738 #9BC656 #B6D584 #D1E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9BC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#9BC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC656

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC656	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.149 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd789',
    500: '#9bc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc656;
$custom-light: #bbd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.036,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77219,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC656

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#4FD984

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC656

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

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