#9BD856#9BD856

#9BD856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.173 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD856
RGB	rgb(155, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -40.04, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 69.26, 125.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.1124 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.173 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7528, 56.7511, 17.6619)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD856 #9356D8

analogous

#D8D456 #9BD856 #5AD856

triadic

#9BD856 #569BD8 #D8569B

tetradic

#9BD856 #56D8D4 #9356D8 #D8565A

square

#9BD856 #56D8D4 #9356D8 #D8565A

split-complementary

#9BD856 #565AD8 #D456D8

monochromatic

#5D9222 #7DC42D #9BD856 #B8E388 #D6EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#9BD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD856

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD856	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.173 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce48a',
    500: '#9bd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd856;
$custom-light: #bce48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81427,
    "c": 0.1727,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD856

secondary

#663B97

accent

#42E68F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD856

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

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