#9DBD31#9DBD31

#9DBD31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.164 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBD31
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -29.47, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 69.32, 115.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0866 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.164 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6571, 43.7850, 9.6360)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBD31 #5131BD

analogous

#BD9731 #9DBD31 #57BD31

triadic

#9DBD31 #319DBD #BD319D

tetradic

#9DBD31 #31BD97 #5131BD #BD3157

square

#9DBD31 #31BD97 #5131BD #BD3157

split-complementary

#9DBD31 #3157BD #9731BD

monochromatic

#4C5C18 #758C24 #9DBD31 #B7D458 #CCE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9DBD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#9DBD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBD31

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBD31	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.164 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed173',
    500: '#9dbd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbd31;
$custom-light: #bed173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74931,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBD31

secondary

#9180CA

accent

#46E269

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBD31

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

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