#9BB333#9BB333

#9BB333 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB333
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -25.38, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 64.29, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.075 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.152 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2358, 39.4479, 9.1527)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB333 #4B33B3

analogous

#B38B33 #9BB333 #5BB333

triadic

#9BB333 #339BB3 #B3339B

tetradic

#9BB333 #33B38B #4B33B3 #B3335B

square

#9BB333 #33B38B #4B33B3 #B3335B

split-complementary

#9BB333 #335BB3 #8B33B3

monochromatic

#495418 #728325 #9BB333 #B8CE55 #CCDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9BB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB333

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB333	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)

#BEA91C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc973',
    500: '#9bb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb333;
$custom-light: #bcc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB333

secondary

#8A7CC6

accent

#49DF65

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB333

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

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