#9CB960#9CB960

#9CB960 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB960
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(80, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 48.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -24.22, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 48.20, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0677 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.121 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1706, 42.6102, 17.5411)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB960 #7D60B9

analogous

#B9AA60 #9CB960 #6FB960

triadic

#9CB960 #609CB9 #B9609C

tetradic

#9CB960 #60B9AA #7D60B9 #B9606F

square

#9CB960 #60B9AA #7D60B9 #B9606F

split-complementary

#9CB960 #606FB9 #AA60B9

monochromatic

#5A6E30 #7D9943 #9CB960 #B6CC8A #D1DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9CB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#9CB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB960

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB960	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbce8f',
    500: '#9cb960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb960;
$custom-light: #bbce8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.551,
    "s": 38.865,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB960

secondary

#B4A8CD

accent

#59CF7F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB960

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

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