#9DB538#9DB538

#9DB538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.150 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB538
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -25.23, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 63.24, 113.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0743 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.15 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1429, 40.5015, 9.9176)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB538 #5038B5

analogous

#B58F38 #9DB538 #5FB538

triadic

#9DB538 #389DB5 #B5389D

tetradic

#9DB538 #38B58F #5038B5 #B5385F

square

#9DB538 #38B58F #5038B5 #B5385F

split-complementary

#9DB538 #385FB5 #8F38B5

monochromatic

#4C581B #74862A #9DB538 #B8CD5D #CCDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9DB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#9DB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB538

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB538	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.150 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcb76',
    500: '#9db538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db538;
$custom-light: #bdcb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB538

secondary

#9083C6

accent

#4CDC67

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB538

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

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