#9BB357#9BB357

#9BB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB357
RGB	rgb(155, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -22.59, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 49.28, 117.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0638 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.122 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3581, 39.8969, 15.0638)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB357 #6F57B3

analogous

#B39D57 #9BB357 #6DB357

triadic

#9BB357 #579BB3 #B3579B

tetradic

#9BB357 #57B39D #6F57B3 #B3576D

square

#9BB357 #57B39D #6F57B3 #B3576D

split-complementary

#9BB357 #576DB3 #9D57B3

monochromatic

#55632D #798D40 #9BB357 #B4C681 #CDD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9BB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9BB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB357

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB357	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac989',
    500: '#9bb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb357;
$custom-light: #bac989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.652,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB357

secondary

#A99FC7

accent

#5ACE78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB357

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

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