#9FB255#9FB255

#9FB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FB255
RGB	rgb(159, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -20.67, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 49.35, 114.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0588 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.121 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8585, 39.8678, 14.6095)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FB255 #6855B2

analogous

#B29755 #9FB255 #71B255

triadic

#9FB255 #559FB2 #B2559F

tetradic

#9FB255 #55B297 #6855B2 #B25571

square

#9FB255 #55B297 #6855B2 #B25571

split-complementary

#9FB255 #5571B2 #9755B2

monochromatic

#56612C #7B8B3F #9FB255 #B7C57F #CFD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9FB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9FB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FB255

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FB255	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc987',
    500: '#9fb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fb255;
$custom-light: #bdc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.258,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FB255

secondary

#A59DC6

accent

#5ACE72

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FB255

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

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