#9DBD37#9DBD37

#9DBD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.160 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBD37
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -29.15, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 67.30, 115.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0852 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.16 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7923, 43.8391, 10.3479)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBD37 #5737BD

analogous

#BD9A37 #9DBD37 #5ABD37

triadic

#9DBD37 #379DBD #BD379D

tetradic

#9DBD37 #37BD9A #5737BD #BD375A

square

#9DBD37 #37BD9A #5737BD #BD375A

split-complementary

#9DBD37 #375ABD #9A37BD

monochromatic

#4E5E1B #768E29 #9DBD37 #B6D160 #CCDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9DBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#9DBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBD37

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBD37	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.160 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd176',
    500: '#9dbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbd37;
$custom-light: #bdd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBD37

secondary

#9686C9

accent

#4ADE6D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBD37

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

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