#9DB259#9DB259

#9DB259 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB259
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -21.09, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 47.63, 116.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0595 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.118 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6284, 39.7302, 15.4517)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB259 #6E59B2

analogous

#B29A59 #9DB259 #71B259

triadic

#9DB259 #599DB2 #B2599D

tetradic

#9DB259 #59B29A #6E59B2 #B25971

square

#9DB259 #59B29A #6E59B2 #B25971

split-complementary

#9DB259 #5971B2 #9A59B2

monochromatic

#56632E #7B8D41 #9DB259 #B6C583 #CED9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9DB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9DB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB259

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB259	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc98a',
    500: '#9db259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db259;
$custom-light: #bbc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.157,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB259

secondary

#A9A0C7

accent

#5BCD76

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB259

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

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