#9DB357#9DB357

#9DB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB357
RGB	rgb(157, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -21.79, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 49.10, 116.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0617 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.121 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7453, 40.0965, 15.0820)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB357 #6D57B3

analogous

#B39B57 #9DB357 #6FB357

triadic

#9DB357 #579DB3 #B3579D

tetradic

#9DB357 #57B39B #6D57B3 #B3576F

square

#9DB357 #57B39B #6D57B3 #B3576F

split-complementary

#9DB357 #576FB3 #9B57B3

monochromatic

#56632D #7B8D40 #9DB357 #B6C681 #CED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9DB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9DB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB357

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB357	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)

#BDAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc989',
    500: '#9db357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db357;
$custom-light: #bcc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.348,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB357

secondary

#A89FC7

accent

#5ACE76

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB357

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

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