#9BCB59#9BCB59

#9BCB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.153 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCB59
RGB	rgb(155, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -33.89, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 61.20, 123.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0952 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.153 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6765, 50.4010, 17.2453)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCB59 #8959CB

analogous

#CBC259 #9BCB59 #62CB59

triadic

#9BCB59 #599BCB #CB599B

tetradic

#9BCB59 #59CBC2 #8959CB #CB5962

square

#9BCB59 #59CBC2 #8959CB #CB5962

split-complementary

#9BCB59 #5962CB #C259CB

monochromatic

#5C8128 #7DB037 #9BCB59 #B7DA88 #D3E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9BCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#9BCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCB59

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCB59	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.153 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdb8b',
    500: '#9bcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcb59;
$custom-light: #bbdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCB59

secondary

#5E3F89

accent

#4CDC89

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FBF4

border

#D1D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCB59

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

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