#9DB231#9DB231

#9DB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.151 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB231
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -24.16, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 64.39, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.072 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.151 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3800, 39.2309, 8.8770)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB231 #4631B2

analogous

#B28631 #9DB231 #5DB231

triadic

#9DB231 #319DB2 #B2319D

tetradic

#9DB231 #31B286 #4631B2 #B2315D

square

#9DB231 #31B286 #4631B2 #B2315D

split-complementary

#9DB231 #315DB2 #8631B2

monochromatic

#485217 #738224 #9DB231 #BBCF51 #CDDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9DB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB231

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB231	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.151 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc972',
    500: '#9db231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db231;
$custom-light: #bdc972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB231

secondary

#8679C5

accent

#48E061

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB231

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

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