#9CB159#9CB159

#9CB159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB159
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -20.99, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 47.19, 116.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0592 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.117 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2358, 39.2335, 15.3765)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB159 #6E59B1

analogous

#B19A59 #9CB159 #70B159

triadic

#9CB159 #599CB1 #B1599C

tetradic

#9CB159 #59B19A #6E59B1 #B15970

square

#9CB159 #59B19A #6E59B1 #B15970

split-complementary

#9CB159 #5970B1 #9A59B1

monochromatic

#55622E #7A8B41 #9CB159 #B5C583 #CED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9CB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9CB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB159

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB159	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc88a',
    500: '#9cb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb159;
$custom-light: #bbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.318,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB159

secondary

#A9A0C6

accent

#5CCC77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB159

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

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