#9DB238#9DB238

#9DB238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.146 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB238
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -23.76, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 61.86, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0702 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.146 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5394, 39.2946, 9.7164)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB238 #4D38B2

analogous

#B28A38 #9DB238 #60B238

triadic

#9DB238 #389DB2 #B2389D

tetradic

#9DB238 #38B28A #4D38B2 #B23860

square

#9DB238 #38B28A #4D38B2 #B23860

split-complementary

#9DB238 #3860B2 #8A38B2

monochromatic

#4B551B #748329 #9DB238 #B8CC5C #CCDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9DB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB238

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB238	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc976',
    500: '#9db238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db238;
$custom-light: #bdc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.328,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB238

secondary

#8D81C5

accent

#4CDC65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB238

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

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