#9DB42F#9DB42F

#9DB42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.154 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB42F
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -25.25, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 65.95, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0751 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.154 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7396, 40.0161, 8.7933)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB42F #462FB4

analogous

#B4892F #9DB42F #5BB42F

triadic

#9DB42F #2F9DB4 #B42F9D

tetradic

#9DB42F #2FB489 #462FB4 #B42F5B

square

#9DB42F #2FB489 #462FB4 #B42F5B

split-complementary

#9DB42F #2F5BB4 #892FB4

monochromatic

#485316 #738322 #9DB42F #BBD14F #CDDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9DB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9DB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB42F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB42F	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)

#C0AA13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.154 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca71',
    500: '#9db42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db42f;
$custom-light: #bdca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.376,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB42F

secondary

#8678C7

accent

#46E261

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB42F

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

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