#9DB23B#9DB23B

#9DB23B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.144 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB23B
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(71, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -23.58, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 60.71, 112.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0694 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.144 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6150, 39.3249, 10.1145)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB23B #503BB2

analogous

#B28C3B #9DB23B #62B23B

triadic

#9DB23B #3B9DB2 #B23B9D

tetradic

#9DB23B #3BB28C #503BB2 #B23B62

square

#9DB23B #3BB28C #503BB2 #B23B62

split-complementary

#9DB23B #3B62B2 #8C3BB2

monochromatic

#4C561D #74842C #9DB23B #B8CA60 #CCDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9DB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB23B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB23B	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)

#BDA82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.144 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc977',
    500: '#9db23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db23b;
$custom-light: #bdc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB23B

secondary

#9085C4

accent

#4EDA67

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB23B

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

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