#9CBE56#9CBE56

#9CBE56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBE56
RGB	rgb(156, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -27.67, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 55.46, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0782 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.137 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8035, 44.5664, 15.6236)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBE56 #7856BE

analogous

#BEAC56 #9CBE56 #68BE56

triadic

#9CBE56 #569CBE #BE569C

tetradic

#9CBE56 #56BEAC #7856BE #BE5668

square

#9CBE56 #56BEAC #7856BE #BE5668

split-complementary

#9CBE56 #5668BE #AC56BE

monochromatic

#596F2B #7C9B3C #9CBE56 #B6CF82 #D0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9CBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#9CBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBE56

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBE56	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd189',
    500: '#9cbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbe56;
$custom-light: #bbd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.615,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBE56

secondary

#B0A2CE

accent

#54D47E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBE56

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

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