#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
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(82, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(82, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -36.67, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 71.27, 120.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1048 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.174 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3323, 51.0239, 13.0876)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9BCD42	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9BCD42

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

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