#9DB738#9DB738

#9DB738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.152 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB738
RGB	rgb(157, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -26.21, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 64.16, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.077 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.152 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5524, 41.3207, 10.0541)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB738 #5238B7

analogous

#B79138 #9DB738 #5EB738

triadic

#9DB738 #389DB7 #B7389D

tetradic

#9DB738 #38B791 #5238B7 #B7385E

square

#9DB738 #38B791 #5238B7 #B7385E

split-complementary

#9DB738 #385EB7 #9138B7

monochromatic

#4D591B #75882A #9DB738 #B7CE5E #CCDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#9DB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#9DB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB738

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB738	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.152 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcc76',
    500: '#9db738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db738;
$custom-light: #bdcc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.283,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB738

secondary

#9284C7

accent

#4BDD69

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB738

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

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