#9CB359#9CB359

#9CB359 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.119 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CB359
RGBrgb(156, 179, 89)
HSLhsl(75, 37%, 53%)
HSVhsv(75, 50%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(12.8%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.49, -21.99, 42.95)
CIE-LCHlch(69.49, 48.25, 117.11°)
OKLaboklab(72.94% -0.062 0.1021)
OKLCHoklch(72.94% 0.119 121.3)
XYZxyz(31.6337, 40.0294, 15.5092)
Luminance0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CB359 #7059B3
analogous
#B39D59 #9CB359 #6FB359
triadic
#9CB359 #599CB3 #B3599C
tetradic
#9CB359 #59B39D #7059B3 #B3596F
square
#9CB359 #59B39D #7059B3 #B3596F
split-complementary
#9CB359 #596FB3 #9D59B3
monochromatic
#56642E #7A8E41 #9CB359 #B5C683 #CED9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#9CB359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01
#9CB359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB359
9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CB359#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CB3591.002.339.019.01
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0121.001.001.00
##0000009.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9AA5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3AB9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.119 121.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc98a',
    500: '#9cb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cb359;
$custom-light: #bbc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CB359
secondary
#AAA0C7
accent
#5BCD78
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F8F0
border
#D0D1CB
text
#12130C
muted
#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB359

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#9CB359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva