#9CB155#9CB155

#9CB155 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB155
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -21.39, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 49.07, 115.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0607 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.121 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0724, 39.1682, 14.5158)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB155 #6A55B1

analogous

#B19855 #9CB155 #6EB155

triadic

#9CB155 #559CB1 #B1559C

tetradic

#9CB155 #55B198 #6A55B1 #B1556E

square

#9CB155 #55B198 #6A55B1 #B1556E

split-complementary

#9CB155 #556EB1 #9855B1

monochromatic

#54602C #798A3F #9CB155 #B4C47F #CDD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9CB155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB155

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB155	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc887',
    500: '#9cb155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb155;
$custom-light: #bbc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.696,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72425,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB155

secondary

#A69DC5

accent

#5BCD75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB155

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

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