#9BB459#9BB459

#9BB459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB459
RGB	rgb(155, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -22.89, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 48.88, 117.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0645 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.121 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6421, 40.3323, 15.5672)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB459 #7259B4

analogous

#B4A059 #9BB459 #6DB459

triadic

#9BB459 #599BB4 #B4599B

tetradic

#9BB459 #59B4A0 #7259B4 #B4596D

square

#9BB459 #59B4A0 #7259B4 #B4596D

split-complementary

#9BB459 #596DB4 #A059B4

monochromatic

#56652E #7A8F41 #9BB459 #B4C783 #CEDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9BB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9BB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB459

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB459	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baca8a',
    500: '#9bb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb459;
$custom-light: #baca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.484,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB459

secondary

#ACA1C8

accent

#5ACE7A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB459

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

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