#9CB157#9CB157

#9CB157 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB157
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -21.19, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 48.13, 116.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0599 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.119 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1530, 39.2004, 14.9402)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB157 #6C57B1

analogous

#B19957 #9CB157 #6FB157

triadic

#9CB157 #579CB1 #B1579C

tetradic

#9CB157 #57B199 #6C57B1 #B1576F

square

#9CB157 #57B199 #6C57B1 #B1576F

split-complementary

#9CB157 #576FB1 #9957B1

monochromatic

#55612D #798A40 #9CB157 #B5C481 #CDD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9CB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9CB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB157

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB157	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc889',
    500: '#9cb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb157;
$custom-light: #bbc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB157

secondary

#A79EC6

accent

#5BCD76

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB157

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

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