#9CB855#9CB855

#9CB855 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB855
RGB	rgb(156, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -24.85, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 52.74, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0704 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.13 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4906, 42.0047, 14.9886)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB855 #7155B8

analogous

#B8A355 #9CB855 #6AB855

triadic

#9CB855 #559CB8 #B8559C

tetradic

#9CB855 #55B8A3 #7155B8 #B8556A

square

#9CB855 #55B8A3 #7155B8 #B8556A

split-complementary

#9CB855 #556AB8 #A355B8

monochromatic

#56672B #7A933D #9CB855 #B5CA80 #CEDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9CB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#9CB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB855

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB855	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcd88',
    500: '#9cb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb855;
$custom-light: #bbcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.97,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB855

secondary

#AB9FCA

accent

#57D179

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB855

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

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