#9DBD42#9DBD42

#9DBD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.153 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBD42
RGB	rgb(157, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -28.44, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 63.22, 116.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0822 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.153 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0859, 43.9565, 11.8946)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBD42 #6242BD

analogous

#BDA042 #9DBD42 #5FBD42

triadic

#9DBD42 #429DBD #BD429D

tetradic

#9DBD42 #42BDA0 #6242BD #BD425F

square

#9DBD42 #42BDA0 #6242BD #BD425F

split-complementary

#9DBD42 #425FBD #A042BD

monochromatic

#526222 #779032 #9DBD42 #B5CD6F #CCDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9DBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#9DBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBD42

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBD42	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.153 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd17c',
    500: '#9dbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbd42;
$custom-light: #bdd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.61,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBD42

secondary

#A092C9

accent

#50D873

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBD42

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

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