#9EB255#9EB255

#9EB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB255
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -21.08, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 49.43, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0599 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.121 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6609, 39.7659, 14.6002)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB255 #6955B2

analogous

#B29855 #9EB255 #70B255

triadic

#9EB255 #559EB2 #B2559E

tetradic

#9EB255 #55B298 #6955B2 #B25570

square

#9EB255 #55B298 #6955B2 #B25570

split-complementary

#9EB255 #5570B2 #9855B2

monochromatic

#55612C #7B8B3F #9EB255 #B6C57F #CED8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9EB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB255

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB255	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc987',
    500: '#9eb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb255;
$custom-light: #bcc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.903,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB255

secondary

#A69DC6

accent

#5ACE73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB255

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

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