#9FB159#9FB159

#9FB159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB159
RGB	rgb(159, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -19.78, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 46.95, 114.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0559 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.116 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8237, 39.5367, 15.4041)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB159 #6B59B1

analogous

#B19759 #9FB159 #73B159

triadic

#9FB159 #599FB1 #B1599F

tetradic

#9FB159 #59B197 #6B59B1 #B15973

square

#9FB159 #59B197 #6B59B1 #B15973

split-complementary

#9FB159 #5973B1 #9759B1

monochromatic

#57622E #7C8B41 #9FB159 #B7C583 #CFD8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9FB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9FB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB159

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB159	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc88a',
    500: '#9fb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb159;
$custom-light: #bdc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.273,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB159

secondary

#A8A0C6

accent

#5CCC73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB159

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

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