#9ACD36#9ACD36

#9ACD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.182 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ACD36
RGB	rgb(154, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -37.78, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 75.44, 120.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.1088 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.182 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8237, 50.7984, 11.4070)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ACD36 #6936CD

analogous

#CDB436 #9ACD36 #4ECD36

triadic

#9ACD36 #369ACD #CD369A

tetradic

#9ACD36 #36CDB4 #6936CD #CD364E

square

#9ACD36 #36CDB4 #6936CD #CD364E

split-complementary

#9ACD36 #364ECD #B436CD

monochromatic

#526D1B #769E27 #9ACD36 #B3D967 #CBE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ACD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9ACD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ACD36

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ACD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ACD36	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9acd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.182 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc78',
    500: '#9acd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9acd36;
$custom-light: #bcdc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9acd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.265,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7851,
    "c": 0.18155,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ACD36

secondary

#483077

accent

#44E37A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ACD36

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

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