#9EB556#9EB556

#9EB556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.124 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB556
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -22.48, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 50.52, 116.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0638 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.124 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3044, 40.9888, 15.0121)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB556 #6D56B5

analogous

#B59C56 #9EB556 #6FB556

triadic

#9EB556 #569EB5 #B5569E

tetradic

#9EB556 #56B59C #6D56B5 #B5566F

square

#9EB556 #56B59C #6D56B5 #B5566F

split-complementary

#9EB556 #566FB5 #9C56B5

monochromatic

#57652C #7C8F3F #9EB556 #B6C881 #CFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#9EB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#9EB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB556

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB556	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.124 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb88',
    500: '#9eb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb556;
$custom-light: #bccb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB556

secondary

#A99FC8

accent

#59CF75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB556

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

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