#9BB059#9BB059

#9BB059 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB059
RGB	rgb(155, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -20.89, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 46.74, 116.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0588 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.116 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8463, 38.7406, 15.3019)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB059 #6E59B0

analogous

#B09A59 #9BB059 #70B059

triadic

#9BB059 #599BB0 #B0599B

tetradic

#9BB059 #59B09A #6E59B0 #B05970

square

#9BB059 #59B09A #6E59B0 #B05970

split-complementary

#9BB059 #5970B0 #9A59B0

monochromatic

#54612E #798A42 #9BB059 #B4C482 #CDD7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9BB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#9BB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB059

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB059	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac78a',
    500: '#9bb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb059;
$custom-light: #bac78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB059

secondary

#A99FC5

accent

#5CCC77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB059

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

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