#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
RGBrgb(156, 190, 86)
HSLhsl(80, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(80, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(17.9%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.61, -27.67, 48.06)
CIE-LCHlch(72.61, 55.46, 119.93°)
OKLaboklab(75.43% -0.0782 0.113)
OKLCHoklch(75.43% 0.137 124.7)
XYZxyz(33.8035, 44.5664, 15.6236)
Luminance0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##9CBE561.002.129.919.91
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9121.001.001.00
##0000009.9121.001.001.00

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

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#9CBE56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva