#9BC856#9BC856

#9BC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.151 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC856
RGB	rgb(155, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -32.78, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 60.87, 122.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0923 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.151 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8514, 48.9484, 16.3615)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC856 #8356C8

analogous

#C8BC56 #9BC856 #62C856

triadic

#9BC856 #569BC8 #C8569B

tetradic

#9BC856 #56C8BC #8356C8 #C85662

square

#9BC856 #56C8BC #8356C8 #C85662

split-complementary

#9BC856 #5662C8 #BC56C8

monochromatic

#5B7B28 #7CAA37 #9BC856 #B6D784 #D2E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9BC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#9BC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC856

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC856	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.151 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd989',
    500: '#9bc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc856;
$custom-light: #bbd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77685,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC856

secondary

#B8A5D4

accent

#4DDA85

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC856

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

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