#9DB416#9DB416

#9DB416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.165 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB416
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(69, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -26.17, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 72.52, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0794 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.165 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3715, 39.8688, 6.8544)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB416 #2D16B4

analogous

#B47C16 #9DB416 #4EB416

triadic

#9DB416 #169DB4 #B4169D

tetradic

#9DB416 #16B47C #2D16B4 #B4164E

square

#9DB416 #16B47C #2D16B4 #B4164E

split-complementary

#9DB416 #164EB4 #7C16B4

monochromatic

#3E4709 #6D7D0F #9DB416 #C8E423 #D6EB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9DB416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#9DB416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB416

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB416	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.165 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca68',
    500: '#9db416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db416;
$custom-light: #beca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.734,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7271,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB416

secondary

#6958CE

accent

#33F54F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB416

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

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