#9DB559#9DB559

#9DB559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB559
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -22.58, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 49.22, 117.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0637 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.122 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2318, 40.9371, 15.6529)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB559 #7159B5

analogous

#B59F59 #9DB559 #6FB559

triadic

#9DB559 #599DB5 #B5599D

tetradic

#9DB559 #59B59F #7159B5 #B5596F

square

#9DB559 #59B59F #7159B5 #B5596F

split-complementary

#9DB559 #596FB5 #9F59B5

monochromatic

#57662E #7C9040 #9DB559 #B6C883 #CFDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9DB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#9DB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB559

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB559	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccb8a',
    500: '#9db559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db559;
$custom-light: #bccb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.652,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB559

secondary

#ABA1C9

accent

#5ACE78

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB559

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

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