#9EB855#9EB855

#9EB855 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB855
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(76, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -24.06, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 52.54, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0683 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.129 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8809, 42.2059, 15.0069)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB855 #6F55B8

analogous

#B8A155 #9EB855 #6CB855

triadic

#9EB855 #559EB8 #B8559E

tetradic

#9EB855 #55B8A1 #6F55B8 #B8556C

square

#9EB855 #55B8A1 #6F55B8 #B8556C

split-complementary

#9EB855 #556CB8 #A155B8

monochromatic

#58672B #7C933D #9EB855 #B7CA80 #CFDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9EB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#9EB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB855

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB855	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcd88',
    500: '#9eb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb855;
$custom-light: #bdcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.758,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB855

secondary

#AA9FCA

accent

#57D177

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB855

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

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