#9DB16D#9DB16D

#9DB16D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.094 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB16D
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(78, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 38.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -18.30, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 37.32, 119.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0501 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.094 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3870, 39.7165, 20.4249)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB16D #816DB1

analogous

#B1A36D #9DB16D #7BB16D

triadic

#9DB16D #6D9DB1 #B16D9D

tetradic

#9DB16D #6DB1A3 #816DB1 #B16D7B

square

#9DB16D #6DB1A3 #816DB1 #B16D7B

split-complementary

#9DB16D #6D7BB1 #A36DB1

monochromatic

#5C6B39 #7E934E #9DB16D #B8C695 #D3DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9DB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB16D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB16D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.094 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc898',
    500: '#9db16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db16d;
$custom-light: #bbc898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 30.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB16D

secondary

#B7AFCB

accent

#61C77F

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB16D

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

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