#9BBD55#9BBD55

#9BBD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBD55
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -27.67, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 55.48, 119.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0782 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.137 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3549, 44.0194, 15.3319)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBD55 #7755BD

analogous

#BDAB55 #9BBD55 #67BD55

triadic

#9BBD55 #559BBD #BD559B

tetradic

#9BBD55 #55BDAB #7755BD #BD5567

square

#9BBD55 #55BDAB #7755BD #BD5567

split-complementary

#9BBD55 #5567BD #AB55BD

monochromatic

#576D2A #7B993C #9BBD55 #B5CE81 #CFDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9BBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#9BBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBD55

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBD55	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd188',
    500: '#9bbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbd55;
$custom-light: #bbd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBD55

secondary

#AFA1CD

accent

#54D47E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBD55

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

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