#9DB31C#9DB31C

#9DB31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.162 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB31C
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -25.52, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 70.88, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0773 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.162 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2351, 39.4924, 7.1284)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB31C #321CB3

analogous

#B37E1C #9DB31C #51B31C

triadic

#9DB31C #1C9DB3 #B31C9D

tetradic

#9DB31C #1CB37E #321CB3 #B31C51

square

#9DB31C #1CB37E #321CB3 #B31C51

split-complementary

#9DB31C #1C51B3 #7E1CB3

monochromatic

#40490B #6F7E14 #9DB31C #C5DE2E #D3E763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9DB31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#9DB31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB31C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB31C	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.162 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec969',
    500: '#9db31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db31c;
$custom-light: #bec969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.742,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB31C

secondary

#6F5FCB

accent

#38F053

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB31C

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

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