#9BC42D#9BC42D

#9BC42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.175 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC42D
RGB	rgb(155, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -33.75, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 73.91, 117.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0985 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.175 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7315, 46.6376, 9.7070)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC42D #562DC4

analogous

#C4A12D #9BC42D #50C42D

triadic

#9BC42D #2D9BC4 #C42D9B

tetradic

#9BC42D #2DC4A1 #562DC4 #C42D50

square

#9BC42D #2DC4A1 #562DC4 #C42D50

split-complementary

#9BC42D #2D50C4 #A12DC4

monochromatic

#4C6016 #749222 #9BC42D #B5D856 #CBE488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9BC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#9BC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC42D

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC42D	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.175 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd672',
    500: '#9bc42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc42d;
$custom-light: #bcd672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.291,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC42D

secondary

#9580CD

accent

#42E66F

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#121409

muted

#81837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC42D

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

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