#9CB970#9CB970

#9CB970 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CB970
RGB	rgb(156, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(84, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(84, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 39.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -22.32, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 40.54, 123.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0613 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.103 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9836, 42.9354, 21.8231)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CB970 #8D70B9

analogous

#B9B170 #9CB970 #77B970

triadic

#9CB970 #709CB9 #B9709C

tetradic

#9CB970 #70B9B1 #8D70B9 #B97077

square

#9CB970 #70B9B1 #8D70B9 #B97077

split-complementary

#9CB970 #7077B9 #B170B9

monochromatic

#5D7539 #7E9E4D #9CB970 #B8CD99 #D5E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#9CB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#9CB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CB970

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CB970	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bace9a',
    500: '#9cb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cb970;
$custom-light: #bace9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.836,
    "s": 34.272,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74658,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CB970

secondary

#BFB4D1

accent

#5DCA89

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F9F2

border

#D0D2CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CB970

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

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