#9CB357#9CB357

#9CB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB357
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -22.19, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 49.19, 116.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0627 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.121 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5509, 39.9963, 15.0729)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB357 #6E57B3

analogous

#B39C57 #9CB357 #6EB357

triadic

#9CB357 #579CB3 #B3579C

tetradic

#9CB357 #57B39C #6E57B3 #B3576E

square

#9CB357 #57B39C #6E57B3 #B3576E

split-complementary

#9CB357 #576EB3 #9C57B3

monochromatic

#55632D #7A8D40 #9CB357 #B5C681 #CED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9CB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9CB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB357

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB357	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc989',
    500: '#9cb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb357;
$custom-light: #bbc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB357

secondary

#A99FC7

accent

#5ACE77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB357

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

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