#9BB172#9BB172

#9BB172 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.089 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB172
RGB	rgb(155, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(81, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -18.42, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.02, 121.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0502 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.089 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2767, 39.6276, 21.8648)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB172 #8872B1

analogous

#B1A772 #9BB172 #7CB172

triadic

#9BB172 #729BB1 #B1729B

tetradic

#9BB172 #72B1A7 #8872B1 #B1727C

square

#9BB172 #72B1A7 #8872B1 #B1727C

split-complementary

#9BB172 #727CB1 #A772B1

monochromatic

#5C6D3C #7D9452 #9BB172 #B7C799 #D3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9BB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9BB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB172

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB172	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.089 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c89b',
    500: '#9bb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb172;
$custom-light: #b9c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.952,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB172

secondary

#BCB3CC

accent

#63C585

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#11130E

muted

#80827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB172

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

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