#9BCD42#9BCD42

#9BCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.174 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9BCD42
RGBrgb(155, 205, 66)
HSLhsl(82, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(82, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(24.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.69, -36.67, 61.11)
CIE-LCHlch(76.69, 71.27, 120.96°)
OKLaboklab(78.66% -0.1048 0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(78.66% 0.174 127.1)
XYZxyz(36.3323, 51.0239, 13.0876)
Luminance0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9BCD42 #7442CD
analogous
#CDBA42 #9BCD42 #55CD42
triadic
#9BCD42 #429BCD #CD429B
tetradic
#9BCD42 #42CDBA #7442CD #CD4255
square
#9BCD42 #42CDBA #7442CD #CD4255
split-complementary
#9BCD42 #4255CD #BA42CD
monochromatic
#56761F #7AA62C #9BCD42 #B5DA72 #CEE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#9BCD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21
#9BCD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD42
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9BCD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9BCD421.001.8711.2111.21
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2121.001.001.00
##00000011.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A1C4B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9bcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.174 127.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc7e',
    500: '#9bcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9bcd42;
$custom-light: #bcdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9bcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.583,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9BCD42
secondary
#4F357E
accent
#46E17E
background
#FDFEFB
surface
#F9FCF2
border
#D2D5CC
text
#12150A
muted
#82847D

Preview Lab

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#9BCD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva