#9BB933#9BB933
#9BB933 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.159 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BB933 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 185, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 57%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 72%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.81, -28.28, 60.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.81, 67.02, 114.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.87% -0.083 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.87% 0.159 121.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.4646, 41.9055, 9.5623) |
| Luminance | 0.4191 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 0.90
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.57
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.37
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.73
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 2.84
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 2.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BB933 #5133B9
analogous
#B99433 #9BB933 #58B933
triadic
#9BB933 #339BB9 #B9339B
tetradic
#9BB933 #33B994 #5133B9 #B93358
square
#9BB933 #33B994 #5133B9 #B93358
split-complementary
#9BB933 #3358B9 #9433B9
monochromatic
#4B5919 #738926 #9BB933 #B6D158 #CBDE88
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#9BB933 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#9BB933 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BB933
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BB933 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BB933 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AE1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3AF9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9bb933; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 185, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.159 121.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcce74',
500: '#9bb933',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9bb933; $custom-light: #bcce74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9bb933",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 185,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 73.433,
"s": 56.78,
"l": 46.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73868,
"c": 0.15878,
"h": 121.5
},
"luminance": 0.41906
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BB933
secondary
#9080C8
accent
#48E06A
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9ED
border
#D0D2C8
text
#121309
muted
#81827B