#9BB159#9BB159

#9BB159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB159
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -21.39, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 47.28, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0603 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.117 121)
XYZ	xyz(31.0431, 39.1342, 15.3675)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB159 #6F59B1

analogous

#B19B59 #9BB159 #6FB159

triadic

#9BB159 #599BB1 #B1599B

tetradic

#9BB159 #59B19B #6F59B1 #B1596F

square

#9BB159 #59B19B #6F59B1 #B1596F

split-complementary

#9BB159 #596FB1 #9B59B1

monochromatic

#55622E #798B41 #9BB159 #B4C583 #CDD8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9BB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9BB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB159

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB159	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac88a',
    500: '#9bb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb159;
$custom-light: #bac88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.39134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB159

secondary

#A9A0C6

accent

#5CCC78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB159

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

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