#9DCB38#9DCB38

#9DCB38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.177 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCB38
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -35.61, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 73.50, 118.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.1029 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.177 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9746, 50.1650, 11.5281)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCB38 #6638CB

analogous

#CBB038 #9DCB38 #53CB38

triadic

#9DCB38 #389DCB #CB389D

tetradic

#9DCB38 #38CBB0 #6638CB #CB3853

square

#9DCB38 #38CBB0 #6638CB #CB3853

split-complementary

#9DCB38 #3853CB #B038CB

monochromatic

#536C1C #799D29 #9DCB38 #B5D869 #CDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#9DCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCB38

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCB38	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.177 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb78',
    500: '#9dcb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcb38;
$custom-light: #bedb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.776,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78248,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCB38

secondary

#473176

accent

#46E277

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF1

border

#D2D4CB

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCB38

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

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