#9DB255#9DB255

#9DB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB255
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -21.49, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 49.51, 115.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.061 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.122 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4650, 39.6649, 14.5910)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB255 #6A55B2

analogous

#B29955 #9DB255 #6FB255

triadic

#9DB255 #559DB2 #B2559D

tetradic

#9DB255 #55B299 #6A55B2 #B2556F

square

#9DB255 #55B299 #6A55B2 #B2556F

split-complementary

#9DB255 #556FB2 #9955B2

monochromatic

#55612C #7A8B3F #9DB255 #B5C57F #CED8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#9DB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB255

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB255	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)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc987',
    500: '#9db255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db255;
$custom-light: #bcc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.548,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB255

secondary

#A69DC6

accent

#5ACE74

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB255

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

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