#9EB357#9EB357

#9EB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB357
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -21.39, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 49.01, 115.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0606 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.121 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9412, 40.1975, 15.0912)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB357 #6C57B3

analogous

#B39A57 #9EB357 #70B357

triadic

#9EB357 #579EB3 #B3579E

tetradic

#9EB357 #57B39A #6C57B3 #B35770

square

#9EB357 #57B39A #6C57B3 #B35770

split-complementary

#9EB357 #5770B3 #9A57B3

monochromatic

#57632D #7B8D40 #9EB357 #B6C681 #CFD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9EB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#9EB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB357

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB357	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)

#BDAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc989',
    500: '#9eb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb357;
$custom-light: #bcc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.696,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB357

secondary

#A89FC7

accent

#5ACE75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB357

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

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