#9EB159#9EB159

#9EB159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB159
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -20.18, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 47.02, 115.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.057 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.116 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6261, 39.4348, 15.3948)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB159 #6C59B1

analogous

#B19859 #9EB159 #72B159

triadic

#9EB159 #599EB1 #B1599E

tetradic

#9EB159 #59B198 #6C59B1 #B15972

square

#9EB159 #59B198 #6C59B1 #B15972

split-complementary

#9EB159 #5972B1 #9859B1

monochromatic

#57622E #7B8B41 #9EB159 #B6C583 #CFD8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9EB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB159

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB159	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc88a',
    500: '#9eb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb159;
$custom-light: #bcc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.955,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB159

secondary

#A8A0C6

accent

#5CCC74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB159

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

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