#9DB41B#9DB41B

#9DB41B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.164 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB41B
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -26.03, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 71.51, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0787 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.164 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4245, 39.8900, 7.1335)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB41B #321BB4

analogous

#B47F1B #9DB41B #50B41B

triadic

#9DB41B #1B9DB4 #B41B9D

tetradic

#9DB41B #1BB47F #321BB4 #B41B50

square

#9DB41B #1BB47F #321BB4 #B41B50

split-complementary

#9DB41B #1B50B4 #7F1BB4

monochromatic

#404A0B #6F7F13 #9DB41B #C5DF2D #D3E762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9DB41B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#9DB41B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB41B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB41B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB41B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db41b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.164 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca69',
    500: '#9db41b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db41b;
$custom-light: #beca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db41b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.02,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB41B

secondary

#6F5FCC

accent

#37F153

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB41B

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

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