#9EB156#9EB156

#9EB156 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB156
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -20.48, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 48.44, 115.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0581 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.119 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5027, 39.3854, 14.7448)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB156 #6956B1

analogous

#B19756 #9EB156 #71B156

triadic

#9EB156 #569EB1 #B1569E

tetradic

#9EB156 #56B197 #6956B1 #B15671

square

#9EB156 #56B197 #6956B1 #B15671

split-complementary

#9EB156 #5671B1 #9756B1

monochromatic

#55602C #7B8A40 #9EB156 #B6C480 #CED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB156

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB156	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc888',
    500: '#9eb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb156;
$custom-light: #bcc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.527,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB156

secondary

#A69DC5

accent

#5BCD73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB156

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

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