#9DB229#9DB229

#9DB229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.155 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB229
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -24.55, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 67.00, 111.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0737 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.156 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2260, 39.1693, 8.0655)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB229 #3E29B2

analogous

#B28229 #9DB229 #58B229

triadic

#9DB229 #299DB2 #B2299D

tetradic

#9DB229 #29B282 #3E29B2 #B22958

square

#9DB229 #29B282 #3E29B2 #B22958

split-complementary

#9DB229 #2958B2 #8229B2

monochromatic

#454F12 #71801E #9DB229 #BED444 #CFDF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#9DB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB229

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB229	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)

#BEA802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.155 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96e',
    500: '#9db229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db229;
$custom-light: #bec96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.197,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB229

secondary

#7D70C7

accent

#42E65B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB229

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

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