#9BB255#9BB255

#9BB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB255
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -22.29, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 49.68, 116.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0631 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.122 121)
XYZ	xyz(31.0779, 39.4653, 14.5729)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB255 #6C55B2

analogous

#B29B55 #9BB255 #6DB255

triadic

#9BB255 #559BB2 #B2559B

tetradic

#9BB255 #55B29B #6C55B2 #B2556D

square

#9BB255 #55B29B #6C55B2 #B2556D

split-complementary

#9BB255 #556DB2 #9B55B2

monochromatic

#54612C #788B3F #9BB255 #B4C57F #CDD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9BB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB255

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB255	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)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac987',
    500: '#9bb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb255;
$custom-light: #bac987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.839,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB255

secondary

#A79DC6

accent

#5ACE77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB255

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

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