#9CB38B#9CB38B

#9CB38B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.061 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB38B
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 139)
HSL	hsl(95, 21%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(95, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -15.33, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 23.53, 130.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0412 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.061 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4898, 41.1718, 30.5510)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB38B #A28BB3

analogous

#B0B38B #9CB38B #8BB38E

triadic

#9CB38B #8B9CB3 #B38B9C

tetradic

#9CB38B #8BB0B3 #A28BB3 #B38E8B

square

#9CB38B #8BB0B3 #A28BB3 #B38E8B

split-complementary

#9CB38B #8E8BB3 #B38BB0

monochromatic

#5F764D #7C9B66 #9CB38B #BCCBB0 #DBE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CB38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#9CB38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB38B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB38B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.061 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9ad',
    500: '#9cb38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb38b;
$custom-light: #b9c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.5,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.06146,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB38B

secondary

#CEC6D4

accent

#469F79

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F6F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#111310

muted

#80827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB38B

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

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