#9CB055#9CB055

#9CB055 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB055
RGB	rgb(156, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -20.89, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 48.55, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0593 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.119 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8756, 38.7746, 14.4502)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB055 #6955B0

analogous

#B09655 #9CB055 #6EB055

triadic

#9CB055 #559CB0 #B0559C

tetradic

#9CB055 #55B096 #6955B0 #B0556E

square

#9CB055 #55B096 #6955B0 #B0556E

split-complementary

#9CB055 #556EB0 #9655B0

monochromatic

#535F2C #78883F #9CB055 #B4C37F #CDD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9CB055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9CB055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB055

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB055	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc787',
    500: '#9cb055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb055;
$custom-light: #bbc787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.187,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB055

secondary

#A59CC5

accent

#5BCD74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB055

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

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