#9CB38C#9CB38C

#9CB38C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.060 H 132.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB38C
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 140)
HSL	hsl(95, 20%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(95, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -15.17, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 23.04, 131.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0408 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.06 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5632, 41.2012, 30.9376)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB38C #A38CB3

analogous

#AFB38C #9CB38C #8CB390

triadic

#9CB38C #8C9CB3 #B38C9C

tetradic

#9CB38C #8CAFB3 #A38CB3 #B3908C

square

#9CB38C #8CAFB3 #A38CB3 #B3908C

split-complementary

#9CB38C #908CB3 #B38CAF

monochromatic

#5F764E #7C9B67 #9CB38C #BCCBB1 #DBE4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CB38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#9CB38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB38C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB38C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.060 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9ad',
    500: '#9cb38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb38c;
$custom-light: #b9c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.385,
    "s": 20.419,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB38C

secondary

#CFC6D4

accent

#479F7B

background

#FBFCFA

surface

#F6F8F4

border

#D0D1CE

text

#111310

muted

#80827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB38C

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

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