#9BB551#9BB551

#9BB551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BB551
RGBrgb(155, 181, 81)
HSLhsl(76, 40%, 51%)
HSVhsv(76, 55%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(14.4%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(69.90, -24.15, 47.26)
CIE-LCHlch(69.90, 53.07, 117.07°)
OKLaboklab(73.22% -0.0687 0.1108)
OKLCHoklch(73.22% 0.13 121.8)
XYZxyz(31.5269, 40.6104, 13.9607)
Luminance0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9BB551 #6B51B5
analogous
#B59D51 #9BB551 #69B551
triadic
#9BB551 #519BB5 #B5519B
tetradic
#9BB551 #51B59D #6B51B5 #B55169
square
#9BB551 #51B59D #6B51B5 #B55169
split-complementary
#9BB551 #5169B5 #9D51B5
monochromatic
#53622A #788D3C #9BB551 #B4C77C #CCDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#9BB551 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#9BB551 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BB551
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BB551#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BB5511.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAB47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAB57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2AD9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9bb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 121.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacb85',
    500: '#9bb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9bb551;
$custom-light: #bacb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9bb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BB551
secondary
#A69BC7
accent
#58D077
background
#FBFCF8
surface
#F6F8EF
border
#D0D1CA
text
#12130B
muted
#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BB551

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

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#9BB551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva