#9BB356#9BB356

#9BB356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB356
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -22.69, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 49.74, 117.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0642 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.123 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3176, 39.8806, 14.8502)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB356 #6E56B3

analogous

#B39D56 #9BB356 #6DB356

triadic

#9BB356 #569BB3 #B3569B

tetradic

#9BB356 #56B39D #6E56B3 #B3566D

square

#9BB356 #56B39D #6E56B3 #B3566D

split-complementary

#9BB356 #566DB3 #9D56B3

monochromatic

#54622C #798D3F #9BB356 #B4C680 #CDD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9BB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9BB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB356

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB356	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac988',
    500: '#9bb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb356;
$custom-light: #bac988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.484,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB356

secondary

#A99EC7

accent

#5ACE78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB356

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

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