#9BB253#9BB253

#9BB253 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB253
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -22.48, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 50.60, 116.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0639 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.124 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9995, 39.4339, 14.1603)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB253 #6A53B2

analogous

#B29953 #9BB253 #6BB253

triadic

#9BB253 #539BB2 #B2539B

tetradic

#9BB253 #53B299 #6A53B2 #B2536B

square

#9BB253 #53B299 #6A53B2 #B2536B

split-complementary

#9BB253 #536BB2 #9953B2

monochromatic

#53602B #788A3E #9BB253 #B4C57D #CCD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9BB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB253

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB253	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac986',
    500: '#9bb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb253;
$custom-light: #bac986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.526,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB253

secondary

#A69BC5

accent

#5ACE76

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB253

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

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