#9DB256#9DB256

#9DB256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB256
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -21.39, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 49.04, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0606 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.121 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5050, 39.6809, 14.8017)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB256 #6B56B2

analogous

#B29956 #9DB256 #6FB256

triadic

#9DB256 #569DB2 #B2569D

tetradic

#9DB256 #56B299 #6B56B2 #B2566F

square

#9DB256 #56B299 #6B56B2 #B2566F

split-complementary

#9DB256 #566FB2 #9956B2

monochromatic

#55612C #7A8B3F #9DB256 #B5C580 #CED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9DB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB256

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB256	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc988',
    500: '#9db256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db256;
$custom-light: #bcc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.696,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB256

secondary

#A79EC6

accent

#5ACD75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB256

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

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