#9DB438#9DB438

#9DB438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.149 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB438
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -24.75, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 62.78, 113.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0729 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.149 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9403, 40.0963, 9.8500)
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

#9DB438 #4F38B4

analogous

#B48D38 #9DB438 #5FB438

triadic

#9DB438 #389DB4 #B4389D

tetradic

#9DB438 #38B48D #4F38B4 #B4385F

square

#9DB438 #38B48D #4F38B4 #B4385F

split-complementary

#9DB438 #385FB4 #8D38B4

monochromatic

#4C571B #748529 #9DB438 #B8CD5D #CCDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9DB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9DB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB438

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB438	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca76',
    500: '#9db438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db438;
$custom-light: #bdca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB438

secondary

#8F82C5

accent

#4CDC67

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB438

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

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