#9CB953#9CB953

#9CB953 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB953
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(77, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -25.53, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 54.16, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0725 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.133 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6208, 42.3903, 14.6455)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB953 #7053B9

analogous

#B9A353 #9CB953 #69B953

triadic

#9CB953 #539CB9 #B9539C

tetradic

#9CB953 #53B9A3 #7053B9 #B95369

square

#9CB953 #53B9A3 #7053B9 #B95369

split-complementary

#9CB953 #5369B9 #A353B9

monochromatic

#56672A #7A933C #9CB953 #B5CB7E #CEDCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9CB953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#9CB953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB953

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB953	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbce86',
    500: '#9cb953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb953;
$custom-light: #bbce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74239,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB953

secondary

#AA9ECA

accent

#56D279

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB953

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

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