#9DB557#9DB557

#9DB557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB557
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -22.78, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 50.15, 117.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0645 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.124 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1490, 40.9040, 15.2166)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB557 #6F57B5

analogous

#B59E57 #9DB557 #6EB557

triadic

#9DB557 #579DB5 #B5579D

tetradic

#9DB557 #57B59E #6F57B5 #B5576E

square

#9DB557 #57B59E #6F57B5 #B5576E

split-complementary

#9DB557 #576EB5 #9E57B5

monochromatic

#57652D #7B903F #9DB557 #B6C881 #CFDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9DB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#9DB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB557

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB557	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb89',
    500: '#9db557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db557;
$custom-light: #bccb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.319,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB557

secondary

#AA9FC8

accent

#59CF77

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB557

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

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