#9DB227#9DB227

#9DB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.157 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB227
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -24.64, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 67.60, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0741 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.157 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1919, 39.1557, 7.8863)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB227 #3C27B2

analogous

#B28227 #9DB227 #57B227

triadic

#9DB227 #279DB2 #B2279D

tetradic

#9DB227 #27B282 #3C27B2 #B22757

square

#9DB227 #27B282 #3C27B2 #B22757

split-complementary

#9DB227 #2757B2 #8227B2

monochromatic

#444E11 #71801C #9DB227 #BFD541 #D0E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9DB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB227

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB227	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.157 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96d',
    500: '#9db227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db227;
$custom-light: #bec96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.065,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB227

secondary

#7B6DC8

accent

#41E75A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB227

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

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