#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
RGBrgb(156, 187, 85)
HSLhsl(78, 43%, 53%)
HSVhsv(78, 55%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(16.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.73, -26.32, 47.52)
CIE-LCHlch(71.73, 54.32, 118.98°)
OKLaboklab(74.72% -0.0745 0.1117)
OKLCHoklch(74.72% 0.134 123.7)
XYZxyz(33.1204, 43.2643, 15.1985)
Luminance0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##9CBB551.002.189.659.65
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6521.001.001.00
##0000009.6521.001.001.00

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

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#9CBB55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva