#9DB12E#9DB12E
#9DB12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.152 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9DB12E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(157, 177, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 59%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 74%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 74%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.61, -23.82, 60.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.61, 64.97, 111.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.13% -0.0713 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.13% 0.152 118.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1206, 38.8099, 8.4885) |
| Luminance | 0.3881 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.12
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.17
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.30
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.45
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.63
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9DB12E #422EB1
analogous
#B1832E #9DB12E #5BB12E
triadic
#9DB12E #2E9DB1 #B12E9D
tetradic
#9DB12E #2EB183 #422EB1 #B12E5B
square
#9DB12E #2EB183 #422EB1 #B12E5B
split-complementary
#9DB12E #2E5BB1 #832EB1
monochromatic
#475015 #728021 #9DB12E #BCD04C #CEDD7C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.40
#9DB12E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.76
#9DB12E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9DB12E
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9DB12E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9DB12E | 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)
#BDA713
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA839
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A798
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9db12e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.152 118.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc871',
500: '#9db12e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9db12e; $custom-light: #bdc871; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9db12e",
"rgb": {
"r": 157,
"g": 177,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.16,
"s": 58.744,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72128,
"c": 0.15159,
"h": 118.1
},
"luminance": 0.3881
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9DB12E
secondary
#8275C6
accent
#46E25E
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B