#9EB157#9EB157

#9EB157 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB157
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -20.38, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 47.97, 115.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0578 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.118 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5433, 39.4017, 14.9585)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB157 #6A57B1

analogous

#B19757 #9EB157 #71B157

triadic

#9EB157 #579EB1 #B1579E

tetradic

#9EB157 #57B197 #6A57B1 #B15771

square

#9EB157 #57B197 #6A57B1 #B15771

split-complementary

#9EB157 #5771B1 #9757B1

monochromatic

#56612D #7B8A40 #9EB157 #B6C481 #CED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB157

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB157	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc889',
    500: '#9eb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb157;
$custom-light: #bcc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB157

secondary

#A69EC6

accent

#5BCD73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB157

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

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