#9DB159#9DB159

#9DB159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB159
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -20.59, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 47.10, 115.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0581 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.116 120)
XYZ	xyz(31.4302, 39.3338, 15.3856)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB159 #6D59B1

analogous

#B19959 #9DB159 #71B159

triadic

#9DB159 #599DB1 #B1599D

tetradic

#9DB159 #59B199 #6D59B1 #B15971

square

#9DB159 #59B199 #6D59B1 #B15971

split-complementary

#9DB159 #5971B1 #9959B1

monochromatic

#56622E #7B8B41 #9DB159 #B6C583 #CED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9DB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB159

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB159	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc88a',
    500: '#9db159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db159;
$custom-light: #bbc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.39334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB159

secondary

#A8A0C6

accent

#5CCC75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB159

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

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