#9DB356#9DB356

#9DB356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB356
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -21.89, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 49.56, 116.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.062 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.122 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7047, 40.0803, 14.8683)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB356 #6C56B3

analogous

#B39B56 #9DB356 #6FB356

triadic

#9DB356 #569DB3 #B3569D

tetradic

#9DB356 #56B39B #6C56B3 #B3566F

square

#9DB356 #56B39B #6C56B3 #B3566F

split-complementary

#9DB356 #566FB3 #9B56B3

monochromatic

#56622C #7A8D3F #9DB356 #B5C680 #CED9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9DB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9DB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB356

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB356	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc988',
    500: '#9db356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db356;
$custom-light: #bcc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.194,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB356

secondary

#A89EC7

accent

#5ACE75

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB356

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

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