#9ACD40#9ACD40

#9ACD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.175 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ACD40
RGB	rgb(154, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(82, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(82, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -37.18, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 72.11, 121.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1063 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.175 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0832, 50.9021, 12.7735)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ACD40 #7340CD

analogous

#CDB940 #9ACD40 #54CD40

triadic

#9ACD40 #409ACD #CD409A

tetradic

#9ACD40 #40CDB9 #7340CD #CD4054

square

#9ACD40 #40CDB9 #7340CD #CD4054

split-complementary

#9ACD40 #4054CD #B940CD

monochromatic

#55741E #79A52B #9ACD40 #B4DA71 #CDE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ACD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#9ACD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ACD40

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ACD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ACD40	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9acd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.175 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdc7d',
    500: '#9acd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9acd40;
$custom-light: #bbdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9acd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78581,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ACD40

secondary

#4F347D

accent

#46E27E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ACD40

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

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