#9DB23D#9DB23D

#9DB23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.143 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB23D
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -23.44, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 59.93, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0688 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.143 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6679, 39.3460, 10.3929)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB23D #523DB2

analogous

#B28D3D #9DB23D #63B23D

triadic

#9DB23D #3D9DB2 #B23D9D

tetradic

#9DB23D #3DB28D #523DB2 #B23D63

square

#9DB23D #3DB28D #523DB2 #B23D63

split-complementary

#9DB23D #3D63B2 #8D3DB2

monochromatic

#4D571E #75842D #9DB23D #B7C963 #CCD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9DB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB23D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB23D	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.143 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc979',
    500: '#9db23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db23d;
$custom-light: #bdc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB23D

secondary

#9287C4

accent

#4FD968

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB23D

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

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