#9DB53B#9DB53B

#9DB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.148 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB53B
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -25.05, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 62.11, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0735 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.148 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2184, 40.5318, 10.3156)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB53B #533BB5

analogous

#B5903B #9DB53B #60B53B

triadic

#9DB53B #3B9DB5 #B53B9D

tetradic

#9DB53B #3BB590 #533BB5 #B53B60

square

#9DB53B #3BB590 #533BB5 #B53B60

split-complementary

#9DB53B #3B60B5 #903BB5

monochromatic

#4D591D #75872C #9DB53B #B7CC62 #CCDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9DB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#9DB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB53B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB53B	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.148 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcb78',
    500: '#9db53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db53b;
$custom-light: #bdcb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB53B

secondary

#9386C6

accent

#4DDA69

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB53B

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

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