#9EB259#9EB259

#9EB259 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB259
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -20.69, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 47.55, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0584 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.117 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8244, 39.8313, 15.4609)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB259 #6D59B2

analogous

#B29A59 #9EB259 #72B259

triadic

#9EB259 #599EB2 #B2599E

tetradic

#9EB259 #59B29A #6D59B2 #B25972

square

#9EB259 #59B29A #6D59B2 #B25972

split-complementary

#9EB259 #5972B2 #9A59B2

monochromatic

#57632E #7C8D41 #9EB259 #B6C583 #CFD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9EB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9EB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB259

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB259	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc98a',
    500: '#9eb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb259;
$custom-light: #bcc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.483,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB259

secondary

#A9A0C7

accent

#5BCD75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB259

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

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