#9CB16B#9CB16B

#9CB16B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB16B
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 107)
HSL	hsl(78, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 40%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 39.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -18.94, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 38.42, 119.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.052 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.097 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0862, 39.5737, 19.8552)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB16B #806BB1

analogous

#B1A36B #9CB16B #79B16B

triadic

#9CB16B #6B9CB1 #B16B9C

tetradic

#9CB16B #6BB1A3 #806BB1 #B16B79

square

#9CB16B #6BB1A3 #806BB1 #B16B79

split-complementary

#9CB16B #6B79B1 #A36BB1

monochromatic

#5B6A38 #7D924D #9CB16B #B7C693 #D2DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9CB16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9CB16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB16B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB16B	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac896',
    500: '#9cb16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb16b;
$custom-light: #bac896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB16B

secondary

#B6ADCA

accent

#61C77F

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB16B

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

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