#9BB256#9BB256

#9BB256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB256
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -22.19, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 49.22, 116.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0628 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.121 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1179, 39.4813, 14.7836)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB256 #6D56B2

analogous

#B29B56 #9BB256 #6DB256

triadic

#9BB256 #569BB2 #B2569B

tetradic

#9BB256 #56B29B #6D56B2 #B2566D

square

#9BB256 #56B29B #6D56B2 #B2566D

split-complementary

#9BB256 #566DB2 #9B56B2

monochromatic

#54612C #788B3F #9BB256 #B4C580 #CDD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9BB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB256

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB256	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac988',
    500: '#9bb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb256;
$custom-light: #bac988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB256

secondary

#A89EC6

accent

#5ACD77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB256

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

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