#9CB166#9CB166

#9CB166 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB166
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(77, 32%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(77, 42%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 42.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -19.55, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 40.89, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0541 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.103 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8307, 39.4715, 18.5097)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB166 #7B66B1

analogous

#B1A166 #9CB166 #77B166

triadic

#9CB166 #669CB1 #B1669C

tetradic

#9CB166 #66B1A1 #7B66B1 #B16677

square

#9CB166 #66B1A1 #7B66B1 #B16677

split-complementary

#9CB166 #6677B1 #A166B1

monochromatic

#596835 #7C904A #9CB166 #B6C68F #D0DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9CB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB166

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB166	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac893',
    500: '#9cb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb166;
$custom-light: #bac893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB166

secondary

#B2AAC9

accent

#5FC97D

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F1

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB166

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

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