#9BB43E#9BB43E
#9BB43E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.145 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BB43E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 180, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 49%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 66%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 65.6%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.44, -25.18, 55.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.44, 60.63, 114.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.79% -0.0735 0.1253) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.79% 0.145 120.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7088, 39.9590, 10.6516) |
| Luminance | 0.3996 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 0.40
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.05
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.49
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.86
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.96
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 3.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BB43E #573EB4
analogous
#B4923E #9BB43E #60B43E
triadic
#9BB43E #3E9BB4 #B43E9B
tetradic
#9BB43E #3EB492 #573EB4 #B43E60
square
#9BB43E #3EB492 #573EB4 #B43E60
split-complementary
#9BB43E #3E60B4 #923EB4
monochromatic
#4D591F #74862E #9BB43E #B5CA65 #CBDA93
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#9BB43E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#9BB43E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BB43E
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BB43E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BB43E | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAA2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3AB9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9bb43e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.145 120.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bbca79',
500: '#9bb43e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9bb43e; $custom-light: #bbca79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9bb43e",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 180,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.712,
"s": 48.76,
"l": 47.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72792,
"c": 0.14521,
"h": 120.4
},
"luminance": 0.39959
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BB43E
secondary
#9689C5
accent
#4FD86C
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8EE
border
#D0D1C9
text
#121309
muted
#81827B