#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
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -26.08, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 66.11, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0773 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.155 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3525, 39.8165, 8.7751)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##9BB42F	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)

#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

Preview with #9BB42F

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

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