#9ACD39#9ACD39

#9ACD39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.180 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ACD39
RGB	rgb(154, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(81, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -37.61, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 74.48, 120.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.1081 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.18 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8964, 50.8274, 11.7896)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ACD39 #6C39CD

analogous

#CDB639 #9ACD39 #50CD39

triadic

#9ACD39 #399ACD #CD399A

tetradic

#9ACD39 #39CDB6 #6C39CD #CD3950

square

#9ACD39 #39CDB6 #6C39CD #CD3950

split-complementary

#9ACD39 #3950CD #B639CD

monochromatic

#536F1C #77A028 #9ACD39 #B3D96A #CCE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ACD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#9ACD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ACD39

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ACD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ACD39	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9acd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.180 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc79',
    500: '#9acd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9acd39;
$custom-light: #bcdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9acd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.676,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7853,
    "c": 0.17981,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ACD39

secondary

#4A3279

accent

#45E37B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ACD39

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

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