#9CB397#9CB397

#9CB397 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.047 H 140.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB397
RGB	rgb(156, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(109, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(109, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -13.28, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 17.69, 138.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.036 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.047 140.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4152, 41.5420, 35.4247)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB397 #AE97B3

analogous

#AAB397 #9CB397 #97B3A0

triadic

#9CB397 #979CB3 #B3979C

tetradic

#9CB397 #97AAB3 #AE97B3 #B3A097

square

#9CB397 #97AAB3 #AE97B3 #B3A097

split-complementary

#9CB397 #A097B3 #B397AA

monochromatic

#5D7858 #7A9974 #9CB397 #BECDBA #DFE7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#9CB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#9CB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB397

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB397	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.047 140.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c9b5',
    500: '#9cb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb397;
$custom-light: #b9c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.286,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74134,
    "c": 0.047,
    "h": 140.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB397

secondary

#D6CED8

accent

#4C9A8C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#111311

muted

#808280

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB397

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

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