#9BB238#9BB238

#9BB238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB238
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -24.60, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 62.01, 113.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0724 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.147 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1523, 39.0950, 9.6983)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB238 #4F38B2

analogous

#B28C38 #9BB238 #5EB238

triadic

#9BB238 #389BB2 #B2389B

tetradic

#9BB238 #38B28C #4F38B2 #B2385E

square

#9BB238 #38B28C #4F38B2 #B2385E

split-complementary

#9BB238 #385EB2 #8C38B2

monochromatic

#4A551B #728329 #9BB238 #B6CC5C #CBDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9BB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9BB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB238

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB238	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc976',
    500: '#9bb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb238;
$custom-light: #bbc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.311,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB238

secondary

#8E81C5

accent

#4CDC67

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB238

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

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