#9DB315#9DB315

#9DB315 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.165 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB315
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 88.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -25.71, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 72.32, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0782 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.165 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1609, 39.4627, 6.7375)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB315 #2B15B3

analogous

#B37A15 #9DB315 #4EB315

triadic

#9DB315 #159DB3 #B3159D

tetradic

#9DB315 #15B37A #2B15B3 #B3154E

square

#9DB315 #15B37A #2B15B3 #B3154E

split-complementary

#9DB315 #154EB3 #7A15B3

monochromatic

#3D4508 #6D7C0F #9DB315 #CAE520 #D7EB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9DB315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9DB315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB315

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB315	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.165 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec967',
    500: '#9db315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db315;
$custom-light: #bec967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.354,
    "s": 79,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.16467,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB315

secondary

#6656CE

accent

#32F54E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB315

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

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