#9EB555#9EB555

#9EB555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB555
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -22.57, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 50.98, 116.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0641 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.125 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2644, 40.9728, 14.8014)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB555 #6C55B5

analogous

#B59C55 #9EB555 #6EB555

triadic

#9EB555 #559EB5 #B5559E

tetradic

#9EB555 #55B59C #6C55B5 #B5556E

square

#9EB555 #55B59C #6C55B5 #B5556E

split-complementary

#9EB555 #556EB5 #9C55B5

monochromatic

#57642C #7B8F3E #9EB555 #B6C880 #CFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9EB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#9EB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB555

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB555	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb88',
    500: '#9eb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb555;
$custom-light: #bccb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB555

secondary

#A89EC8

accent

#59CF75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB555

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

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