#9DB137#9DB137

#9DB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB137
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -23.33, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 61.78, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0691 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.146 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3170, 38.8885, 9.5228)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB137 #4B37B1

analogous

#B18837 #9DB137 #60B137

triadic

#9DB137 #379DB1 #B1379D

tetradic

#9DB137 #37B188 #4B37B1 #B13760

square

#9DB137 #37B188 #4B37B1 #B13760

split-complementary

#9DB137 #3760B1 #8837B1

monochromatic

#4A541A #748228 #9DB137 #B9CC5A #CDDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9DB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9DB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB137

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB137	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc875',
    500: '#9db137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db137;
$custom-light: #bdc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB137

secondary

#8B80C4

accent

#4CDC63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB137

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

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