#9DB83B#9DB83B

#9DB83B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.151 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB83B
RGB	rgb(157, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 0%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -26.51, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 63.52, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0775 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.152 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8350, 41.7649, 10.5211)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB83B #563BB8

analogous

#B8943B #9DB83B #5FB83B

triadic

#9DB83B #3B9DB8 #B83B9D

tetradic

#9DB83B #3BB894 #563BB8 #B83B5F

square

#9DB83B #3BB894 #563BB8 #B83B5F

split-complementary

#9DB83B #3B5FB8 #943BB8

monochromatic

#4E5B1D #758A2C #9DB83B #B6CD63 #CCDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#9DB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#9DB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB83B

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB83B	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.151 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcd78',
    500: '#9db83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db83b;
$custom-light: #bdcd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.96,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB83B

secondary

#9588C7

accent

#4DDB6C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB83B

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

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