#9EBD3B#9EBD3B

#9EBD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.157 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBD3B
RGB	rgb(158, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -28.50, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 65.78, 115.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0831 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.157 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0880, 43.9800, 10.8827)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBD3B #5A3BBD

analogous

#BD9B3B #9EBD3B #5DBD3B

triadic

#9EBD3B #3B9EBD #BD3B9E

tetradic

#9EBD3B #3BBD9B #5A3BBD #BD3B5D

square

#9EBD3B #3BBD9B #5A3BBD #BD3B5D

split-complementary

#9EBD3B #3B5DBD #9B3BBD

monochromatic

#50601E #778E2C #9EBD3B #B6CF66 #CCDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#9EBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#9EBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBD3B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBD3B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.157 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed179',
    500: '#9ebd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebd3b;
$custom-light: #bed179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBD3B

secondary

#9A8BC9

accent

#4CDC6E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBD3B

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

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