#9DB138#9DB138

#9DB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.145 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB138
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -23.27, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.40, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0688 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.145 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3412, 38.8982, 9.6503)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB138 #4C38B1

analogous

#B18838 #9DB138 #61B138

triadic

#9DB138 #389DB1 #B1389D

tetradic

#9DB138 #38B188 #4C38B1 #B13861

square

#9DB138 #38B188 #4C38B1 #B13861

split-complementary

#9DB138 #3861B1 #8838B1

monochromatic

#4B541B #748329 #9DB138 #B9CB5B #CDDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9DB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9DB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB138

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB138	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)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.145 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc876',
    500: '#9db138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db138;
$custom-light: #bdc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB138

secondary

#8C81C4

accent

#4CDB64

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB138

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

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