#9BBD56#9BBD56

#9BBD56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BBD56
RGB	rgb(155, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -27.58, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 55.04, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0779 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.136 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3949, 44.0354, 15.5426)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BBD56 #7856BD

analogous

#BDAC56 #9BBD56 #68BD56

triadic

#9BBD56 #569BBD #BD569B

tetradic

#9BBD56 #56BDAC #7856BD #BD5668

square

#9BBD56 #56BDAC #7856BD #BD5668

split-complementary

#9BBD56 #5668BD #AC56BD

monochromatic

#586E2B #7B9A3C #9BBD56 #B5CE82 #CFDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9BBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#9BBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BBD56

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BBD56	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd189',
    500: '#9bbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bbd56;
$custom-light: #bbd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.806,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75128,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BBD56

secondary

#B0A1CD

accent

#54D47E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BBD56

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

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