#9BB23D#9BB23D

#9BB23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB23D
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(72, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -24.27, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 60.08, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.071 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.143 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2808, 39.1464, 10.3748)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB23D #543DB2

analogous

#B28F3D #9BB23D #61B23D

triadic

#9BB23D #3D9BB2 #B23D9B

tetradic

#9BB23D #3DB28F #543DB2 #B23D61

square

#9BB23D #3DB28F #543DB2 #B23D61

split-complementary

#9BB23D #3D61B2 #8F3DB2

monochromatic

#4C571E #73842D #9BB23D #B5C963 #CBD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9BB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9BB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB23D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB23D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc979',
    500: '#9bb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb23d;
$custom-light: #bbc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.795,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB23D

secondary

#9387C4

accent

#4FD96A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB23D

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

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