#9CB455#9CB455

#9CB455 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB455
RGB	rgb(156, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(75, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -22.88, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 50.64, 116.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0649 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.125 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6715, 40.3663, 14.7155)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB455 #6D55B4

analogous

#B49D55 #9CB455 #6DB455

triadic

#9CB455 #559CB4 #B4559C

tetradic

#9CB455 #55B49D #6D55B4 #B4556D

square

#9CB455 #55B49D #6D55B4 #B4556D

split-complementary

#9CB455 #556DB4 #9D55B4

monochromatic

#55632C #798D3E #9CB455 #B5C77F #CDD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9CB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9CB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB455

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB455	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbca87',
    500: '#9cb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb455;
$custom-light: #bbca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.158,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB455

secondary

#A89EC7

accent

#59CF77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB455

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

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