#9DB22E#9DB22E
#9DB22E 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 | #9DB22E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(157, 178, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 59%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 74%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.90, -24.32, 60.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.90, 65.41, 111.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.36% -0.0727 0.1344) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.36% 0.153 118.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.3188, 39.2064, 8.5546) |
| Luminance | 0.3921 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 1.97
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.98
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.14
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.41
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 2.54
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9DB22E #432EB2
analogous
#B2852E #9DB22E #5BB22E
triadic
#9DB22E #2E9DB2 #B22E9D
tetradic
#9DB22E #2EB285 #432EB2 #B22E5B
square
#9DB22E #2EB285 #432EB2 #B22E5B
split-complementary
#9DB22E #2E5BB2 #852EB2
monochromatic
#475115 #728121 #9DB22E #BCD14C #CEDD7D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.38
#9DB22E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.84
#9DB22E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9DB22E
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9DB22E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9DB22E | 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)
#BEA812
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCA939
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9db22e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.153 118.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc971',
500: '#9db22e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9db22e; $custom-light: #bdc971; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9db22e",
"rgb": {
"r": 157,
"g": 178,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.545,
"s": 58.929,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72359,
"c": 0.15275,
"h": 118.4
},
"luminance": 0.39206
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9DB22E
secondary
#8376C6
accent
#46E25F
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B