#9BC555#9BC555

#9BC555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC555
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -31.47, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 59.71, 121.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0888 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.148 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1235, 47.5564, 15.9214)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC555 #7F55C5

analogous

#C5B755 #9BC555 #63C555

triadic

#9BC555 #559BC5 #C5559B

tetradic

#9BC555 #55C5B7 #7F55C5 #C55563

square

#9BC555 #55C5B7 #7F55C5 #C55563

split-complementary

#9BC555 #5563C5 #B755C5

monochromatic

#5A7729 #7CA538 #9BC555 #B6D583 #D1E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9BC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#9BC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC555

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC555	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd688',
    500: '#9bc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc555;
$custom-light: #bbd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC555

secondary

#B5A3D2

accent

#4FD983

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC555

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

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