#9EB261#9EB261

#9EB261 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB261
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(75, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(75, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -19.84, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 43.71, 116.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0554 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.109 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1787, 39.9730, 17.3273)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB261 #7561B2

analogous

#B29E61 #9EB261 #76B261

triadic

#9EB261 #619EB2 #B2619E

tetradic

#9EB261 #61B29E #7561B2 #B26176

square

#9EB261 #61B29E #7561B2 #B26176

split-complementary

#9EB261 #6176B2 #9E61B2

monochromatic

#5A6732 #7E9046 #9EB261 #B7C68A #D1DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#9EB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB261

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB261	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc98f',
    500: '#9eb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb261;
$custom-light: #bcc98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.815,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB261

secondary

#AFA6C9

accent

#5DCB78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB261

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

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