#9DB978#9DB978

#9DB978 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.094 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB978
RGB	rgb(157, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(86, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(86, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -20.88, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 36.49, 124.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0569 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.094 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6433, 43.2218, 24.2832)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB978 #9478B9

analogous

#B9B478 #9DB978 #7DB978

triadic

#9DB978 #789DB9 #B9789D

tetradic

#9DB978 #78B9B4 #9478B9 #B9787D

square

#9DB978 #78B9B4 #9478B9 #B9787D

split-complementary

#9DB978 #787DB9 #B478B9

monochromatic

#5F783E #7FA153 #9DB978 #BACEA0 #D8E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#9DB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#9DB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB978

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB978	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.094 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbce9f',
    500: '#9db978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db978;
$custom-light: #bbce9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.846,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB978

secondary

#C5BAD3

accent

#60C88D

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F9F2

border

#D0D2CC

text

#12130E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB978

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

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