#9CB551#9CB551

#9CB551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB551
RGB	rgb(156, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -23.75, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 52.98, 116.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0677 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.13 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7196, 40.7098, 13.9697)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB551 #6A51B5

analogous

#B59C51 #9CB551 #6AB551

triadic

#9CB551 #519CB5 #B5519C

tetradic

#9CB551 #51B59C #6A51B5 #B5516A

square

#9CB551 #51B59C #6A51B5 #B5516A

split-complementary

#9CB551 #516AB5 #9C51B5

monochromatic

#54622A #798D3C #9CB551 #B4C77C #CDDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9CB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#9CB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB551

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB551	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcb85',
    500: '#9cb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb551;
$custom-light: #bbcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB551

secondary

#A69BC7

accent

#58D076

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB551

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

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