#9DBD38#9DBD38

#9DBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.160 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBD38
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(74, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -29.09, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 66.95, 115.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0849 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.16 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8165, 43.8487, 10.4754)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBD38 #5838BD

analogous

#BD9A38 #9DBD38 #5ABD38

triadic

#9DBD38 #389DBD #BD389D

tetradic

#9DBD38 #38BD9A #5838BD #BD385A

square

#9DBD38 #38BD9A #5838BD #BD385A

split-complementary

#9DBD38 #385ABD #9A38BD

monochromatic

#4F5F1C #768E2A #9DBD38 #B6D062 #CCDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#9DBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#9DBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBD38

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBD38	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)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.160 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd177',
    500: '#9dbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbd38;
$custom-light: #bdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.436,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBD38

secondary

#9787C9

accent

#4ADE6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBD38

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

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