#9BCD40#9BCD40

#9BCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.175 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCD40
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -36.80, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 71.98, 120.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1053 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.175 127)
XYZ	xyz(36.2744, 51.0007, 12.7825)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCD40 #7240CD

analogous

#CDB940 #9BCD40 #54CD40

triadic

#9BCD40 #409BCD #CD409B

tetradic

#9BCD40 #40CDB9 #7240CD #CD4054

square

#9BCD40 #40CDB9 #7240CD #CD4054

split-complementary

#9BCD40 #4054CD #B940CD

monochromatic

#56741E #7AA52B #9BCD40 #B4DA71 #CEE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9BCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD40

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCD40	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.175 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc7d',
    500: '#9bcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcd40;
$custom-light: #bcdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.51001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCD40

secondary

#4E347D

accent

#46E27D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCD40

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

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