#9DB236#9DB236

#9DB236 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.148 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB236
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -23.88, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 62.61, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0707 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.148 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4915, 39.2755, 9.4639)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB236 #4B36B2

analogous

#B28936 #9DB236 #5FB236

triadic

#9DB236 #369DB2 #B2369D

tetradic

#9DB236 #36B289 #4B36B2 #B2365F

square

#9DB236 #36B289 #4B36B2 #B2365F

split-complementary

#9DB236 #365FB2 #8936B2

monochromatic

#4A541A #748328 #9DB236 #B9CD59 #CDDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9DB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB236

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB236	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)

#BEA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc975',
    500: '#9db236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db236;
$custom-light: #bdc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.161,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB236

secondary

#8B7FC5

accent

#4BDD64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB236

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

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