#9BB259#9BB259

#9BB259 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB259
RGB	rgb(155, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -21.89, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 47.81, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0617 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.118 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2413, 39.5306, 15.4336)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB259 #7059B2

analogous

#B29D59 #9BB259 #6EB259

triadic

#9BB259 #599BB2 #B2599B

tetradic

#9BB259 #59B29D #7059B2 #B2596E

square

#9BB259 #59B29D #7059B2 #B2596E

split-complementary

#9BB259 #596EB2 #9D59B2

monochromatic

#55632E #798D41 #9BB259 #B4C583 #CDD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9BB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB259

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB259	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac98a',
    500: '#9bb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb259;
$custom-light: #bac98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.506,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB259

secondary

#AAA0C7

accent

#5BCD78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB259

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

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