Yellowgreen#9ACD32

#9ACD32 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.184 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellowgreen — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#9ACD32
RGB	rgb(154, 205, 50)
HSL	hsl(80, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(80, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -37.99, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 76.66, 119.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.1096 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.184 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7336, 50.7623, 10.9325)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ACD32 #6532CD

analogous

#CDB232 #9ACD32 #4DCD32

triadic

#9ACD32 #329ACD #CD329A

tetradic

#9ACD32 #32CDB2 #6532CD #CD324D

square

#9ACD32 #32CDB2 #6532CD #CD324D

split-complementary

#9ACD32 #324DCD #B232CD

monochromatic

#506B1A #759C26 #9ACD32 #B2D963 #CAE594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ACD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9ACD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ACD32

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ACD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ACD32	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9acd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 205, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.184 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc76',
    500: '#9acd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9acd32;
$custom-light: #bcdc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9acd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.742,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.18374,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ACD32

secondary

#462F74

accent

#44E479

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ACD32

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

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