#9CB178#9CB178

#9CB178 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB178
RGB	rgb(156, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(82, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(82, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -17.21, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 31.88, 122.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0466 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.082 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8223, 39.8681, 23.7318)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB178 #8D78B1

analogous

#B1A978 #9CB178 #7FB178

triadic

#9CB178 #789CB1 #B1789C

tetradic

#9CB178 #78B1A9 #8D78B1 #B1787F

square

#9CB178 #78B1A9 #8D78B1 #B1787F

split-complementary

#9CB178 #787FB1 #A978B1

monochromatic

#5D6F40 #7E9556 #9CB178 #B8C79F #D5DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9CB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9CB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB178

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB178	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac89f',
    500: '#9cb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb178;
$custom-light: #bac89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB178

secondary

#BFB7CE

accent

#65C387

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#11130E

muted

#80827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB178

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

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