#9CBB55#9CBB55

#9CBB55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CBB55
RGB	rgb(156, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -26.32, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 54.32, 118.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0745 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.134 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1204, 43.2643, 15.1985)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CBB55 #7455BB

analogous

#BBA755 #9CBB55 #69BB55

triadic

#9CBB55 #559CBB #BB559C

tetradic

#9CBB55 #55BBA7 #7455BB #BB5569

square

#9CBB55 #55BBA7 #7455BB #BB5569

split-complementary

#9CBB55 #5569BB #A755BB

monochromatic

#576B2B #7B973C #9CBB55 #B5CC81 #CFDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9CBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#9CBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CBB55

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CBB55	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cbb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcf88',
    500: '#9cbb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cbb55;
$custom-light: #bbcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cbb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74724,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CBB55

secondary

#ADA0CC

accent

#55D37B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CBB55

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

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