#9BAA3B#9BAA3B

#9BAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BAA3B
RGB	rgb(155, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 65.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -20.43, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 57.14, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0605 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.135 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6823, 36.0341, 9.5811)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BAA3B #4A3BAA

analogous

#AA823B #9BAA3B #64AA3B

triadic

#9BAA3B #3B9BAA #AA3B9B

tetradic

#9BAA3B #3BAA82 #4A3BAA #AA3B64

square

#9BAA3B #3BAA82 #4A3BAA #AA3B64

split-complementary

#9BAA3B #3B64AA #823BAA

monochromatic

#484F1B #727D2B #9BAA3B #B8C65C #CCD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9BAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9BAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BAA3B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BAA3B	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9baa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc377',
    500: '#9baa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9baa3b;
$custom-light: #bbc377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9baa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BAA3B

secondary

#8980C0

accent

#50D862

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BAA3B

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

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