#9BD85B#9BD85B

#9BD85B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.169 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD85B
RGB	rgb(155, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(89, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -39.59, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 67.26, 126.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.1108 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.169 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9613, 56.8345, 18.7602)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD85B #985BD8

analogous

#D8D65B #9BD85B #5DD85B

triadic

#9BD85B #5B9BD8 #D85B9B

tetradic

#9BD85B #5BD8D6 #985BD8 #D85B5D

square

#9BD85B #5BD8D6 #985BD8 #D85B5D

split-complementary

#9BD85B #5B5DD8 #D65BD8

monochromatic

#5E9523 #7DC72F #9BD85B #B9E48C #D7F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9BD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#9BD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD85B

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD85B	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.169 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce48d',
    500: '#9bd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd85b;
$custom-light: #bce48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81481,
    "c": 0.16857,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD85B

secondary

#6A3D9A

accent

#1CC971

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD85B

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

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