#9BCC3B#9BCC3B

#9BCC3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.177 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCC3B
RGB	rgb(155, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -36.66, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 73.22, 120.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.1054 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.177 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9000, 50.4695, 11.9870)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCC3B #6C3BCC

analogous

#CCB53B #9BCC3B #53CC3B

triadic

#9BCC3B #3B9BCC #CC3B9B

tetradic

#9BCC3B #3BCCB5 #6C3BCC #CC3B53

square

#9BCC3B #3BCCB5 #6C3BCC #CC3B53

split-complementary

#9BCC3B #3B53CC #B53BCC

monochromatic

#54701D #78A02A #9BCC3B #B4D96C #CDE59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9BCC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#9BCC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCC3B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCC3B	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.177 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb7a',
    500: '#9bcc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcc3b;
$custom-light: #bcdb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.276,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78373,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCC3B

secondary

#4A3279

accent

#46E27B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCC3B

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

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