#9DBB59#9DBB59

#9DBB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBB59
RGB	rgb(157, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(78, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -25.53, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 52.41, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.072 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.13 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4782, 43.4298, 16.0683)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBB59 #7759BB

analogous

#BBA859 #9DBB59 #6CBB59

triadic

#9DBB59 #599DBB #BB599D

tetradic

#9DBB59 #59BBA8 #7759BB #BB596C

square

#9DBB59 #59BBA8 #7759BB #BB596C

split-complementary

#9DBB59 #596CBB #A859BB

monochromatic

#596D2D #7D983E #9DBB59 #B7CD84 #D0DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9DBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#9DBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBB59

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBB59	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bccf8a',
    500: '#9dbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbb59;
$custom-light: #bccf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.367,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74846,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBB59

secondary

#B0A3CD

accent

#56D27C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBB59

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

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