#9DB23E#9DB23E

#9DB23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB23E
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(71, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -23.38, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 59.53, 113.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0686 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.142 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6951, 39.3569, 10.5361)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB23E #533EB2

analogous

#B28D3E #9DB23E #63B23E

triadic

#9DB23E #3E9DB2 #B23E9D

tetradic

#9DB23E #3EB28D #533EB2 #B23E63

square

#9DB23E #3EB28D #533EB2 #B23E63

split-complementary

#9DB23E #3E63B2 #8D3EB2

monochromatic

#4D571E #75852E #9DB23E #B7C964 #CCD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9DB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9DB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB23E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB23E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc979',
    500: '#9db23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db23e;
$custom-light: #bdc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.862,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72481,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB23E

secondary

#9388C4

accent

#50D869

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB23E

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

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