#9CB656#9CB656

#9CB656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB656
RGB	rgb(156, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -23.78, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 51.23, 117.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0673 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.127 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1181, 41.1957, 15.0618)
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

#9CB656 #7056B6

analogous

#B6A056 #9CB656 #6CB656

triadic

#9CB656 #569CB6 #B6569C

tetradic

#9CB656 #56B6A0 #7056B6 #B6566C

square

#9CB656 #56B6A0 #7056B6 #B6566C

split-complementary

#9CB656 #566CB6 #A056B6

monochromatic

#56662C #7A903E #9CB656 #B5C881 #CEDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9CB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#9CB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB656

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB656	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)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcc88',
    500: '#9cb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb656;
$custom-light: #bbcc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB656

secondary

#AA9FC9

accent

#58D079

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB656

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

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