#9DB157#9DB157

#9DB157 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB157
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -20.79, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 48.05, 115.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0588 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.118 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3473, 39.3006, 14.9493)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB157 #6B57B1

analogous

#B19857 #9DB157 #70B157

triadic

#9DB157 #579DB1 #B1579D

tetradic

#9DB157 #57B198 #6B57B1 #B15770

square

#9DB157 #57B198 #6B57B1 #B15770

split-complementary

#9DB157 #5770B1 #9857B1

monochromatic

#55612D #7A8A40 #9DB157 #B5C481 #CED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9DB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB157

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB157	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc889',
    500: '#9db157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db157;
$custom-light: #bcc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB157

secondary

#A79EC6

accent

#5BCD74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB157

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

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