#9DB42E#9DB42E

#9DB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.155 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB42E
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -25.29, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 66.28, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0754 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.155 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7197, 40.0081, 8.6882)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB42E #452EB4

analogous

#B4882E #9DB42E #5AB42E

triadic

#9DB42E #2E9DB4 #B42E9D

tetradic

#9DB42E #2EB488 #452EB4 #B42E5A

square

#9DB42E #2EB488 #452EB4 #B42E5A

split-complementary

#9DB42E #2E5AB4 #882EB4

monochromatic

#485315 #728322 #9DB42E #BBD24E #CEDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9DB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9DB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB42E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB42E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.155 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca71',
    500: '#9db42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db42e;
$custom-light: #bdca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.299,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB42E

secondary

#8577C7

accent

#45E260

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB42E

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

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