#9DB042#9DB042

#9DB042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB042
RGB	rgb(157, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -22.10, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 56.94, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0646 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.136 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4139, 38.6124, 11.0039)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB042 #5542B0

analogous

#B08C42 #9DB042 #66B042

triadic

#9DB042 #429DB0 #B0429D

tetradic

#9DB042 #42B08C #5542B0 #B04266

square

#9DB042 #42B08C #5542B0 #B04266

split-complementary

#9DB042 #4266B0 #8C42B0

monochromatic

#4E5721 #758331 #9DB042 #B6C769 #CCD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9DB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#9DB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB042

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB042	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc77b',
    500: '#9db042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db042;
$custom-light: #bcc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB042

secondary

#958BC3

accent

#53D569

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB042

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

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