#9DB257#9DB257

#9DB257 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB257
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -21.29, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 48.57, 116.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0603 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.12 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5456, 39.6971, 15.0154)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB257 #6C57B2

analogous

#B29A57 #9DB257 #70B257

triadic

#9DB257 #579DB2 #B2579D

tetradic

#9DB257 #57B29A #6C57B2 #B25770

square

#9DB257 #57B29A #6C57B2 #B25770

split-complementary

#9DB257 #5770B2 #9A57B2

monochromatic

#56622D #7A8C40 #9DB257 #B5C581 #CED8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#9DB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB257

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB257	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)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc989',
    500: '#9db257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db257;
$custom-light: #bcc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB257

secondary

#A89EC6

accent

#5BCD75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB257

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

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