#9BB257#9BB257

#9BB257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB257
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -22.09, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 48.75, 116.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0624 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.121 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1585, 39.4975, 14.9973)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB257 #6E57B2

analogous

#B29C57 #9BB257 #6EB257

triadic

#9BB257 #579BB2 #B2579B

tetradic

#9BB257 #57B29C #6E57B2 #B2576E

square

#9BB257 #57B29C #6E57B2 #B2576E

split-complementary

#9BB257 #576EB2 #9C57B2

monochromatic

#54622D #798C40 #9BB257 #B4C581 #CDD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9BB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB257

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB257	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac989',
    500: '#9bb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb257;
$custom-light: #bac989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.165,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB257

secondary

#A99EC6

accent

#5BCD78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB257

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

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