#9BB42A#9BB42A

#9BB42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.158 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB42A
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(71, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -26.32, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 67.70, 112.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0784 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.158 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2574, 39.7784, 8.2741)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB42A #432AB4

analogous

#B4882A #9BB42A #56B42A

triadic

#9BB42A #2A9BB4 #B42A9B

tetradic

#9BB42A #2AB488 #432AB4 #B42A56

square

#9BB42A #2AB488 #432AB4 #B42A56

split-complementary

#9BB42A #2A56B4 #882AB4

monochromatic

#465113 #70821E #9BB42A #BBD447 #CDE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9BB42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9BB42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB42A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB42A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.158 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca6f',
    500: '#9bb42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb42a;
$custom-light: #bcca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.87,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB42A

secondary

#8272C8

accent

#43E560

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB42A

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

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