#9BB22B#9BB22B

#9BB22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.155 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB22B
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -25.30, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 66.52, 112.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0755 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.155 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8746, 38.9840, 8.2359)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB22B #422BB2

analogous

#B2852B #9BB22B #57B22B

triadic

#9BB22B #2B9BB2 #B22B9B

tetradic

#9BB22B #2BB285 #422BB2 #B22B57

square

#9BB22B #2BB285 #422BB2 #B22B57

split-complementary

#9BB22B #2B57B2 #852BB2

monochromatic

#454F13 #70811F #9BB22B #BBD348 #CDDF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9BB22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9BB22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB22B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB22B	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.155 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc96f',
    500: '#9bb22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb22b;
$custom-light: #bcc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.222,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.15521,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB22B

secondary

#8172C7

accent

#44E45F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB22B

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

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