#9BB42F#9BB42F

#9BB42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.155 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BB42F
RGBrgb(155, 180, 47)
HSLhsl(71, 59%, 45%)
HSVhsv(71, 74%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(13.9%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.34, -26.08, 60.75)
CIE-LCHlch(69.34, 66.11, 113.23°)
OKLaboklab(72.68% -0.0773 0.1346)
OKLCHoklch(72.68% 0.155 119.9)
XYZxyz(30.3525, 39.8165, 8.7751)
Luminance0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9BB42F #482FB4
analogous
#B48B2F #9BB42F #59B42F
triadic
#9BB42F #2F9BB4 #B42F9B
tetradic
#9BB42F #2FB48B #482FB4 #B42F59
square
#9BB42F #2FB48B #482FB4 #B42F59
split-complementary
#9BB42F #2F59B4 #8B2FB4
monochromatic
#475316 #718322 #9BB42F #B9D14F #CCDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#9BB42F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96
#9BB42F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB42F
8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BB42F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BB42F1.002.348.968.96
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9621.001.001.00
##0000008.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0A913
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAA3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A4AA9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9bb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.155 119.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca71',
    500: '#9bb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9bb42f;
$custom-light: #bcca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9bb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.278,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BB42F
secondary
#8778C7
accent
#46E263
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#9BB42F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva