#9EB579#9EB579

#9EB579 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.086 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB579
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 121)
HSL	hsl(83, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(83, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -18.34, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 33.51, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0498 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.086 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0752, 41.6971, 24.3386)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB579 #9079B5

analogous

#B5AE79 #9EB579 #80B579

triadic

#9EB579 #799EB5 #B5799E

tetradic

#9EB579 #79B5AE #9079B5 #B57980

square

#9EB579 #79B5AE #9079B5 #B57980

split-complementary

#9EB579 #7980B5 #AE79B5

monochromatic

#607440 #819B56 #9EB579 #BBCBA0 #D7E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9EB579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#9EB579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB579

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB579	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.086 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcba0',
    500: '#9eb579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb579;
$custom-light: #bbcba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB579

secondary

#C2B9D1

accent

#63C588

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB579

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

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