#9DB22D#9DB22D

#9DB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.153 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB22D
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -24.37, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 65.74, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0729 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.153 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2993, 39.1986, 8.4520)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB22D #422DB2

analogous

#B2842D #9DB22D #5AB22D

triadic

#9DB22D #2D9DB2 #B22D9D

tetradic

#9DB22D #2DB284 #422DB2 #B22D5A

square

#9DB22D #2DB284 #422DB2 #B22D5A

split-complementary

#9DB22D #2D5AB2 #842DB2

monochromatic

#475014 #728121 #9DB22D #BCD14B #CEDE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#9DB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB22D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB22D	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)

#BEA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.153 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc970',
    500: '#9db22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db22d;
$custom-light: #bdc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB22D

secondary

#8275C6

accent

#45E35E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB22D

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

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