#9EB161#9EB161

#9EB161 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB161
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(74, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -19.33, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 43.17, 116.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0539 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.108 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9805, 39.5765, 17.2612)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB161 #7461B1

analogous

#B19C61 #9EB161 #76B161

triadic

#9EB161 #619EB1 #B1619E

tetradic

#9EB161 #61B19C #7461B1 #B16176

square

#9EB161 #61B19C #7461B1 #B16176

split-complementary

#9EB161 #6176B1 #9C61B1

monochromatic

#596532 #7D8E46 #9EB161 #B7C58A #D0D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB161

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB161	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc88f',
    500: '#9eb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb161;
$custom-light: #bcc88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB161

secondary

#AEA6C8

accent

#5ECA78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB161

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

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