#9BAA2E#9BAA2E
#9BAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.144 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BAA2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 170, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 57%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.46, -21.20, 58.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.46, 62.06, 109.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.36% -0.0639 0.1294) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.36% 0.144 116.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3862, 35.9157, 8.0213) |
| Luminance | 0.3592 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 1.99
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.72
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.80
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.12
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.32
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BAA2E #3D2EAA
analogous
#AA7B2E #9BAA2E #5DAA2E
triadic
#9BAA2E #2E9BAA #AA2E9B
tetradic
#9BAA2E #2EAA7B #3D2EAA #AA2E5D
square
#9BAA2E #2EAA7B #3D2EAA #AA2E5D
split-complementary
#9BAA2E #2E5DAA #7B2EAA
monochromatic
#434A14 #6F7A21 #9BAA2E #BDCD48 #CFDA78
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#9BAA2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.18
#9BAA2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BAA2E
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BAA2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BAA2E | 1.00 | 2.57 | 8.18 | 8.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A116
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A238
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A5A092
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9baa2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.144 116.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcc370',
500: '#9baa2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9baa2e; $custom-light: #bcc370; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9baa2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 170,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.258,
"s": 57.407,
"l": 42.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70356,
"c": 0.1443,
"h": 116.3
},
"luminance": 0.35915
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BAA2E
secondary
#7B71C3
accent
#47E15A
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B