#9EB856#9EB856

#9EB856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB856
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -23.96, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 52.09, 117.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0679 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.128 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9210, 42.2219, 15.2176)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB856 #7056B8

analogous

#B8A156 #9EB856 #6DB856

triadic

#9EB856 #569EB8 #B8569E

tetradic

#9EB856 #56B8A1 #7056B8 #B8566D

square

#9EB856 #56B8A1 #7056B8 #B8566D

split-complementary

#9EB856 #566DB8 #A156B8

monochromatic

#58682C #7C933E #9EB856 #B7CA81 #CFDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#9EB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#9EB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB856

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB856	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)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccd88',
    500: '#9eb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb856;
$custom-light: #bccd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.918,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB856

secondary

#ABA0CA

accent

#57D177

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB856

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

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