#9BBB59#9BBB59

#9BBB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBB59
RGB	rgb(155, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -26.32, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 52.63, 120.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0741 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.131 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0911, 43.2302, 16.0502)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBB59 #7959BB

analogous

#BBAA59 #9BBB59 #6ABB59

triadic

#9BBB59 #599BBB #BB599B

tetradic

#9BBB59 #59BBAA #7959BB #BB596A

square

#9BBB59 #59BBAA #7959BB #BB596A

split-complementary

#9BBB59 #596ABB #AA59BB

monochromatic

#586D2D #7B983E #9BBB59 #B5CD84 #CFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9BBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#9BBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBB59

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBB59	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bacf8a',
    500: '#9bbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbb59;
$custom-light: #bacf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.592,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBB59

secondary

#B1A3CD

accent

#56D27E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBB59

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

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