#9DBE38#9DBE38

#9DBE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.161 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DBE38
RGB	rgb(157, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -29.57, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 67.42, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0863 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.161 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0323, 44.2804, 10.5474)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DBE38 #5938BE

analogous

#BE9C38 #9DBE38 #5ABE38

triadic

#9DBE38 #389DBE #BE389D

tetradic

#9DBE38 #38BE9C #5938BE #BE385A

square

#9DBE38 #38BE9C #5938BE #BE385A

split-complementary

#9DBE38 #385ABE #9C38BE

monochromatic

#4F5F1C #768F2A #9DBE38 #B6D162 #CCDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9DBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#9DBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DBE38

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DBE38	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.161 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd177',
    500: '#9dbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dbe38;
$custom-light: #bdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.776,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DBE38

secondary

#9888CA

accent

#4ADE6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DBE38

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

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