#9DB237#9DB237

#9DB237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.147 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB237
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -23.82, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 62.24, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0705 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.147 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5152, 39.2850, 9.5889)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB237 #4C37B2

analogous

#B28937 #9DB237 #5FB237

triadic

#9DB237 #379DB2 #B2379D

tetradic

#9DB237 #37B289 #4C37B2 #B2375F

square

#9DB237 #37B289 #4C37B2 #B2375F

split-complementary

#9DB237 #375FB2 #8937B2

monochromatic

#4B541A #748329 #9DB237 #B9CC5A #CDDB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9DB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB237

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB237	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.147 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc975',
    500: '#9db237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db237;
$custom-light: #bdc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB237

secondary

#8C80C5

accent

#4CDC64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB237

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

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