#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
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -21.99, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 48.25, 117.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.062 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.119 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6337, 40.0294, 15.5092)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9CB359	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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