#9DB22B#9DB22B

#9DB22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.154 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB22B
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -24.46, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 66.38, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0733 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.154 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2618, 39.1836, 8.2540)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB22B #402BB2

analogous

#B2832B #9DB22B #5AB22B

triadic

#9DB22B #2B9DB2 #B22B9D

tetradic

#9DB22B #2BB283 #402BB2 #B22B5A

square

#9DB22B #2BB283 #402BB2 #B22B5A

split-complementary

#9DB22B #2B5AB2 #832BB2

monochromatic

#464F13 #72811F #9DB22B #BDD348 #CFDF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9DB22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB22B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB22B	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.154 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc96f',
    500: '#9db22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db22b;
$custom-light: #bdc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7234,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB22B

secondary

#7F72C7

accent

#44E45D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB22B

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

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