#9BB231#9BB231

#9BB231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.152 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB231
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -25.00, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 64.54, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0742 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.152 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9929, 39.0313, 8.8589)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB231 #4831B2

analogous

#B28931 #9BB231 #5AB231

triadic

#9BB231 #319BB2 #B2319B

tetradic

#9BB231 #31B289 #4831B2 #B2315A

square

#9BB231 #31B289 #4831B2 #B2315A

split-complementary

#9BB231 #315AB2 #8931B2

monochromatic

#475217 #718224 #9BB231 #B9CF51 #CCDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9BB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#9BB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB231

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB231	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.152 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc972',
    500: '#9bb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb231;
$custom-light: #bcc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.698,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72226,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB231

secondary

#8779C5

accent

#48E063

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB231

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

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