#9CB172#9CB172

#9CB172 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.089 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB172
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(80, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -18.03, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.91, 121.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0491 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.089 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4695, 39.7270, 21.8738)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB172 #8772B1

analogous

#B1A772 #9CB172 #7DB172

triadic

#9CB172 #729CB1 #B1729C

tetradic

#9CB172 #72B1A7 #8772B1 #B1727D

square

#9CB172 #72B1A7 #8772B1 #B1727D

split-complementary

#9CB172 #727DB1 #A772B1

monochromatic

#5C6D3C #7E9452 #9CB172 #B8C799 #D3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9CB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9CB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB172

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB172	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.089 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac89b',
    500: '#9cb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb172;
$custom-light: #bac89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB172

secondary

#BBB3CC

accent

#63C584

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB172

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

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