#9DB156#9DB156

#9DB156 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB156
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -20.89, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 48.52, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0592 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.119 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3068, 39.2844, 14.7357)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB156 #6A56B1

analogous

#B19856 #9DB156 #70B156

triadic

#9DB156 #569DB1 #B1569D

tetradic

#9DB156 #56B198 #6A56B1 #B15670

square

#9DB156 #56B198 #6A56B1 #B15670

split-complementary

#9DB156 #5670B1 #9856B1

monochromatic

#55602C #7A8A40 #9DB156 #B5C480 #CED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9DB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB156

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB156	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc888',
    500: '#9db156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db156;
$custom-light: #bcc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.187,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB156

secondary

#A69DC5

accent

#5BCD74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB156

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

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