#9BBD38#9BBD38

#9BBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.160 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBD38
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -29.90, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 67.15, 116.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0871 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.16 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4294, 43.6491, 10.4573)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBD38 #5A38BD

analogous

#BD9C38 #9BBD38 #59BD38

triadic

#9BBD38 #389BBD #BD389B

tetradic

#9BBD38 #38BD9C #5A38BD #BD3859

square

#9BBD38 #38BD9C #5A38BD #BD3859

split-complementary

#9BBD38 #3859BD #9C38BD

monochromatic

#4E5F1C #748E2A #9BBD38 #B4D062 #CBDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#9BBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#9BBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBD38

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBD38	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.160 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd177',
    500: '#9bbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbd38;
$custom-light: #bcd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.338,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74836,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBD38

secondary

#9887C9

accent

#4ADE70

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBD38

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

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