#9FBD90

Closest named color: Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F). oklch(76.4% 0.071 135.3), rgb(159, 189, 144).

Black text reads best on this color (10.15:1).

About this color

#9FBD90 is a medium-light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 76%, its chroma 0.071 and its hue 135°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F), ΔE 0.020 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.15:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-light (76%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.071)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F)
Black text	10.15:1
White text	2.06:1

Values

HEX	#9FBD90
RGB	rgb(159, 189, 144)
HSL	hsl(100, 25%, 65%)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.071 135.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #9FBD90	2.06:1	Fails	Lc -44.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #9FBD90	10.15:1	AAA	Lc 63.6	Content text, not long reading
#9FBD90 text on white	2.06:1	Fails	Lc 40.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#9FBD90 text on black	10.15:1	AAA	Lc -62.0	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F3F7F1

oklch(97.1% 0.009 134.9)
Step 100
100

#E4EDE0

oklch(93.6% 0.02 135.8)
Step 200
200

#CEDFC6

oklch(88.4% 0.038 135.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#9FBD90

oklch(76.4% 0.071 135.3)
Step 400
400

#81B068

oklch(70.6% 0.112 135.4)
Step 500
500

#609C3B

oklch(63% 0.144 135.4)
Step 600
600

#468610

oklch(55.6% 0.156 135.2)
Step 700
700

#387100

oklch(49% 0.143 135.1)
Step 800
800

#2E5D07

oklch(42.8% 0.121 135.4)
Step 900
900

#2A4C12

oklch(37.7% 0.094 135)
Step 950
950

#192D0D

oklch(27.1% 0.06 135.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#9FBD90 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C1B68D	0.047
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BCB392	0.047
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#9FB9B1	0.051
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B4B4B4	0.071