#9DB459#9DB459

#9DB459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB459
RGB	rgb(157, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -22.09, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 48.69, 116.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0623 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.12 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0292, 40.5319, 15.5853)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB459 #7059B4

analogous

#B49D59 #9DB459 #6FB459

triadic

#9DB459 #599DB4 #B4599D

tetradic

#9DB459 #59B49D #7059B4 #B4596F

square

#9DB459 #59B49D #7059B4 #B4596F

split-complementary

#9DB459 #596FB4 #9D59B4

monochromatic

#57652E #7B8F41 #9DB459 #B6C783 #CFDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9DB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#9DB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB459

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB459	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcca8a',
    500: '#9db459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db459;
$custom-light: #bcca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.165,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB459

secondary

#ABA1C8

accent

#5ACE77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB459

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

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