#9DB253#9DB253

#9DB253 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB253
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -21.68, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 50.43, 115.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0617 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.124 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3867, 39.6335, 14.1785)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB253 #6853B2

analogous

#B29753 #9DB253 #6DB253

triadic

#9DB253 #539DB2 #B2539D

tetradic

#9DB253 #53B297 #6853B2 #B2536D

square

#9DB253 #53B297 #6853B2 #B2536D

split-complementary

#9DB253 #536DB2 #9753B2

monochromatic

#54602B #798A3E #9DB253 #B5C57D #CDD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9DB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB253

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB253	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc986',
    500: '#9db253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db253;
$custom-light: #bcc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.263,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB253

secondary

#A59BC5

accent

#5ACE73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB253

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

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