#9BB33B#9BB33B

#9BB33B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.146 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB33B
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -24.90, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 61.33, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0729 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.146 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4276, 39.5247, 10.1629)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB33B #533BB3

analogous

#B38F3B #9BB33B #5FB33B

triadic

#9BB33B #3B9BB3 #B33B9B

tetradic

#9BB33B #3BB38F #533BB3 #B33B5F

square

#9BB33B #3BB38F #533BB3 #B33B5F

split-complementary

#9BB33B #3B5FB3 #8F3BB3

monochromatic

#4B571D #73852C #9BB33B #B5CB60 #CBDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9BB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9BB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB33B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB33B	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)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.146 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc978',
    500: '#9bb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb33b;
$custom-light: #bbc978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB33B

secondary

#9285C5

accent

#4EDA6A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB33B

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

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