#9EB356#9EB356

#9EB356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB356
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -21.48, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 49.48, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.061 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.122 120)
XYZ	xyz(31.9006, 40.1813, 14.8775)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB356 #6B56B3

analogous

#B39956 #9EB356 #70B356

triadic

#9EB356 #569EB3 #B3569E

tetradic

#9EB356 #56B399 #6B56B3 #B35670

square

#9EB356 #56B399 #6B56B3 #B35670

split-complementary

#9EB356 #5670B3 #9956B3

monochromatic

#56622C #7B8D3F #9EB356 #B6C680 #CED9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9EB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#9EB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB356

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB356	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc988',
    500: '#9eb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb356;
$custom-light: #bcc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.548,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.40181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB356

secondary

#A79EC7

accent

#5ACE74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB356

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

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