#9BB531#9BB531

#9BB531 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.155 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB531
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -26.46, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 65.89, 113.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0782 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.155 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5964, 40.2382, 9.0600)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB531 #4B31B5

analogous

#B58D31 #9BB531 #59B531

triadic

#9BB531 #319BB5 #B5319B

tetradic

#9BB531 #31B58D #4B31B5 #B53159

square

#9BB531 #31B58D #4B31B5 #B53159

split-complementary

#9BB531 #3159B5 #8D31B5

monochromatic

#495517 #728524 #9BB531 #B8D053 #CCDD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9BB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#9BB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB531

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB531	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.155 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb72',
    500: '#9bb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb531;
$custom-light: #bccb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB531

secondary

#8A7BC7

accent

#47E165

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB531

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

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