#9EB059#9EB059

#9EB059 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB059
RGB	rgb(158, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -19.68, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 46.50, 115.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0556 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.115 119)
XYZ	xyz(31.4293, 39.0412, 15.3292)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB059 #6B59B0

analogous

#B09759 #9EB059 #73B059

triadic

#9EB059 #599EB0 #B0599E

tetradic

#9EB059 #59B097 #6B59B0 #B05973

square

#9EB059 #59B097 #6B59B0 #B05973

split-complementary

#9EB059 #5973B0 #9759B0

monochromatic

#56612E #7B8A42 #9EB059 #B6C482 #CED7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9EB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#9EB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB059

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB059	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc78a',
    500: '#9eb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb059;
$custom-light: #bcc78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.414,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.39041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB059

secondary

#A79FC5

accent

#5CCC73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB059

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

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