#9BB53B#9BB53B

#9BB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.149 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BB53B
RGB	rgb(155, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -25.87, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 62.27, 114.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0757 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.149 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8313, 40.3321, 10.2975)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BB53B #553BB5

analogous

#B5923B #9BB53B #5EB53B

triadic

#9BB53B #3B9BB5 #B53B9B

tetradic

#9BB53B #3BB592 #553BB5 #B53B5E

square

#9BB53B #3BB592 #553BB5 #B53B5E

split-complementary

#9BB53B #3B5EB5 #923BB5

monochromatic

#4C591D #73872C #9BB53B #B5CC62 #CBDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9BB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9BB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB53B

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BB53B	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.149 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcb78',
    500: '#9bb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bb53b;
$custom-light: #bbcb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.787,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BB53B

secondary

#9486C6

accent

#4DDA6B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB53B

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

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