#9CB951#9CB951

#9CB951 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB951
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(77, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(77, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -25.71, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 55.05, 117.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0732 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.135 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5447, 42.3598, 14.2447)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB951 #6E51B9

analogous

#B9A251 #9CB951 #68B951

triadic

#9CB951 #519CB9 #B9519C

tetradic

#9CB951 #51B9A2 #6E51B9 #B95168

square

#9CB951 #51B9A2 #6E51B9 #B95168

split-complementary

#9CB951 #5168B9 #A251B9

monochromatic

#556629 #7A923B #9CB951 #B5CB7D #CEDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#9CB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB951

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB951	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbce85',
    500: '#9cb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb951;
$custom-light: #bbce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.731,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB951

secondary

#A99CCA

accent

#55D278

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB951

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

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