#9DB12D#9DB12D

#9DB12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.152 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB12D
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -23.87, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 65.30, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0715 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.152 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.1011, 38.8021, 8.3859)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB12D #412DB1

analogous

#B1832D #9DB12D #5BB12D

triadic

#9DB12D #2D9DB1 #B12D9D

tetradic

#9DB12D #2DB183 #412DB1 #B12D5B

square

#9DB12D #2DB183 #412DB1 #B12D5B

split-complementary

#9DB12D #2D5BB1 #832DB1

monochromatic

#464F14 #728021 #9DB12D #BDD14A #CFDD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9DB12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9DB12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB12D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB12D	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)

#BDA710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.152 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc870',
    500: '#9db12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db12d;
$custom-light: #bdc870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB12D

secondary

#8074C6

accent

#45E35D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB12D

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

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