#9DB172#9DB172

#9DB172 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.088 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB172
RGB	rgb(157, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -17.65, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 34.80, 120.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0481 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.088 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6638, 39.8272, 21.8829)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB172 #8672B1

analogous

#B1A672 #9DB172 #7EB172

triadic

#9DB172 #729DB1 #B1729D

tetradic

#9DB172 #72B1A6 #8672B1 #B1727E

square

#9DB172 #72B1A6 #8672B1 #B1727E

split-complementary

#9DB172 #727EB1 #A672B1

monochromatic

#5D6D3C #7F9452 #9DB172 #B8C799 #D4DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9DB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9DB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB172

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB172	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.088 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac89b',
    500: '#9db172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db172;
$custom-light: #bac89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.048,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB172

secondary

#BBB3CC

accent

#63C582

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB172

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

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