#9BB12A#9BB12A
#9BB12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.155 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BB12A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 177, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 62%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 76%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 76.3%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.45, -24.86, 61.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.45, 66.40, 111.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.95% -0.0744 0.1355) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.95% 0.155 118.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.6583, 38.5802, 8.0744) |
| Luminance | 0.3858 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 1.65
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.12
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.18
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.27
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.28
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 2.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BB12A #402AB1
analogous
#B1842A #9BB12A #57B12A
triadic
#9BB12A #2A9BB1 #B12A9B
tetradic
#9BB12A #2AB184 #402AB1 #B12A57
square
#9BB12A #2AB184 #402AB1 #B12A57
split-complementary
#9BB12A #2A57B1 #842AB1
monochromatic
#444E13 #70801E #9BB12A #BCD345 #CEDF77
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.41
#9BB12A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.72
#9BB12A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BB12A
8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BB12A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BB12A | 1.00 | 2.41 | 8.72 | 8.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.41 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA706
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA736
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4A798
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9bb12a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.155 118.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcc86f',
500: '#9bb12a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9bb12a; $custom-light: #bcc86f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9bb12a",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 177,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.778,
"s": 61.644,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7195,
"c": 0.15459,
"h": 118.8
},
"luminance": 0.3858
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BB12A
secondary
#7E70C6
accent
#43E55D
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B