#9BB22E#9BB22E

#9BB22E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.154 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB22E
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -25.15, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 65.55, 112.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0749 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.154 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9317, 39.0068, 8.5365)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB22E #452EB2

analogous

#B2872E #9BB22E #59B22E

triadic

#9BB22E #2E9BB2 #B22E9B

tetradic

#9BB22E #2EB287 #452EB2 #B22E59

square

#9BB22E #2EB287 #452EB2 #B22E59

split-complementary

#9BB22E #2E59B2 #872EB2

monochromatic

#465115 #718121 #9BB22E #BAD14C #CDDD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9BB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9BB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB22E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB22E	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)

#BEA812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.154 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc971',
    500: '#9bb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb22e;
$custom-light: #bcc971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB22E

secondary

#8476C6

accent

#46E261

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB22E

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

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