#9FBC56#9FBC56

#9FBC56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9FBC56
RGBrgb(159, 188, 86)
HSLhsl(77, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(77, 54%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(15.4%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.23, -25.52, 47.68)
CIE-LCHlch(72.23, 54.08, 118.16°)
OKLaboklab(75.18% -0.0723 0.1121)
OKLCHoklch(75.18% 0.133 122.8)
XYZxyz(33.9612, 44.0091, 15.5077)
Luminance0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9FBC56 #7356BC
analogous
#BCA656 #9FBC56 #6CBC56
triadic
#9FBC56 #569FBC #BC569F
tetradic
#9FBC56 #56BCA6 #7356BC #BC566C
square
#9FBC56 #56BCA6 #7356BC #BC566C
split-complementary
#9FBC56 #566CBC #A656BC
monochromatic
#5A6D2B #7E983C #9FBC56 #B8CD82 #D1DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#9FBC56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80
#9FBC56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FBC56
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9FBC56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9FBC561.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B24C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B15C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A6B4A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9fbc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 122.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd089',
    500: '#9fbc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9fbc56;
$custom-light: #bdd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9fbc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.059,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9FBC56
secondary
#ADA1CD
accent
#55D379
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F7F9F0
border
#D0D2CB
text
#12140C
muted
#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FBC56

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#9FBC56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva