#9CB151#9CB151

#9CB151 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB151
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -21.77, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 50.92, 115.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0621 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.125 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9180, 39.1064, 13.7025)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB151 #6651B1

analogous

#B19651 #9CB151 #6CB151

triadic

#9CB151 #519CB1 #B1519C

tetradic

#9CB151 #51B196 #6651B1 #B1516C

square

#9CB151 #51B196 #6651B1 #B1516C

split-complementary

#9CB151 #516CB1 #9651B1

monochromatic

#525E2A #77883D #9CB151 #B4C47B #CCD7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9CB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB151

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB151	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc885',
    500: '#9cb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb151;
$custom-light: #bbc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB151

secondary

#A39AC4

accent

#5ACE73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB151

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

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