#9EB462#9EB462

#9EB462 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB462
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(76, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 45.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -20.73, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 44.31, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0578 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.111 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6265, 40.7935, 17.7080)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB462 #7862B4

analogous

#B4A162 #9EB462 #75B462

triadic

#9EB462 #629EB4 #B4629E

tetradic

#9EB462 #62B4A1 #7862B4 #B46275

square

#9EB462 #62B4A1 #7862B4 #B46275

split-complementary

#9EB462 #6275B4 #A162B4

monochromatic

#5B6932 #7E9346 #9EB462 #B8C88B #D1DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9EB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#9EB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB462

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB462	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca90',
    500: '#9eb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb462;
$custom-light: #bcca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.098,
    "s": 35.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB462

secondary

#B1A8CA

accent

#5CCB7A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130D

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB462

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

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