#9BB157#9BB157

#9BB157 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB157
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -21.60, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 48.22, 116.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.061 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.119 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9602, 39.1010, 14.9312)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB157 #6D57B1

analogous

#B19A57 #9BB157 #6EB157

triadic

#9BB157 #579BB1 #B1579B

tetradic

#9BB157 #57B19A #6D57B1 #B1576E

square

#9BB157 #57B19A #6D57B1 #B1576E

split-complementary

#9BB157 #576EB1 #9A57B1

monochromatic

#54612D #788A40 #9BB157 #B4C481 #CDD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9BB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9BB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB157

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB157	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac889',
    500: '#9bb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb157;
$custom-light: #bac889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB157

secondary

#A89EC6

accent

#5BCD77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB157

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

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