#9EB178#9EB178

#9EB178 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.081 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB178
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(80, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(80, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -16.44, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 31.66, 121.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0445 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.081 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2126, 40.0694, 23.7501)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB178 #8B78B1

analogous

#B1A778 #9EB178 #81B178

triadic

#9EB178 #789EB1 #B1789E

tetradic

#9EB178 #78B1A7 #8B78B1 #B17881

square

#9EB178 #78B1A7 #8B78B1 #B17881

split-complementary

#9EB178 #7881B1 #A778B1

monochromatic

#5F6F40 #809556 #9EB178 #BAC79F #D6DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#9EB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB178

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB178	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.081 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc89f',
    500: '#9eb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb178;
$custom-light: #bbc89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB178

secondary

#BFB7CE

accent

#65C384

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB178

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

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