#9DB12C#9DB12C
#9DB12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.153 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9DB12C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(157, 177, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 60%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 75%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 75.1%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.60, -23.92, 61.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.60, 65.63, 111.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.11% -0.0717 0.1348) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.11% 0.153 118) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.0821, 38.7945, 8.2857) |
| Luminance | 0.3879 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.07
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.13
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.31
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.44
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.50
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 2.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9DB12C #402CB1
analogous
#B1822C #9DB12C #5AB12C
triadic
#9DB12C #2C9DB1 #B12C9D
tetradic
#9DB12C #2CB182 #402CB1 #B12C5A
square
#9DB12C #2CB182 #402CB1 #B12C5A
split-complementary
#9DB12C #2C5AB1 #822CB1
monochromatic
#464F14 #728020 #9DB12C #BDD249 #CFDE7A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.40
#9DB12C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.76
#9DB12C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9DB12C
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9DB12C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9DB12C | 1.00 | 2.40 | 8.76 | 8.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA70D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA838
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A798
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9db12c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.153 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc870',
500: '#9db12c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9db12c; $custom-light: #bdc870; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9db12c",
"rgb": {
"r": 157,
"g": 177,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.023,
"s": 60.181,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72115,
"c": 0.15274,
"h": 118
},
"luminance": 0.38794
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9DB12C
secondary
#7F73C6
accent
#44E35C
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B