#9DB228#9DB228

#9DB228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.156 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB228
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -24.59, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 67.30, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0739 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.156 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2087, 39.1624, 7.9748)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB228 #3D28B2

analogous

#B28228 #9DB228 #58B228

triadic

#9DB228 #289DB2 #B2289D

tetradic

#9DB228 #28B282 #3D28B2 #B22858

square

#9DB228 #28B282 #3D28B2 #B22858

split-complementary

#9DB228 #2858B2 #8228B2

monochromatic

#454E12 #71801D #9DB228 #BED543 #D0E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9DB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB228

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB228	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)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.156 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96e',
    500: '#9db228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db228;
$custom-light: #bec96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.13,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72323,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB228

secondary

#7C6FC7

accent

#41E65B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB228

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

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