#9BC956#9BC956

#9BC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.153 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC956
RGB	rgb(155, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -33.25, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 61.40, 122.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0936 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.153 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0838, 49.4131, 16.4389)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC956 #8456C9

analogous

#C9BE56 #9BC956 #62C956

triadic

#9BC956 #569BC9 #C9569B

tetradic

#9BC956 #56C9BE #8456C9 #C95662

square

#9BC956 #56C9BE #8456C9 #C95662

split-complementary

#9BC956 #5662C9 #BE56C9

monochromatic

#5B7D28 #7DAB37 #9BC956 #B6D884 #D2E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9BC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#9BC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC956

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC956	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.153 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd989',
    500: '#9bc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc956;
$custom-light: #bbd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC956

secondary

#B9A6D5

accent

#4DDB86

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC956

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

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