#9CD438#9CD438

#9CD438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.188 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD438
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(82, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -40.03, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 77.84, 120.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1149 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.188 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9676, 54.4396, 12.2482)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD438 #7038D4

analogous

#D4BE38 #9CD438 #4ED438

triadic

#9CD438 #389CD4 #D4389C

tetradic

#9CD438 #38D4BE #7038D4 #D4384E

square

#9CD438 #38D4BE #7038D4 #D4384E

split-complementary

#9CD438 #384ED4 #BE38D4

monochromatic

#56781A #7AAA25 #9CD438 #B5DF6A #CEEA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9CD438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#9CD438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD438

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD438	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.188 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee179',
    500: '#9cd438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd438;
$custom-light: #bee179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80298,
    "c": 0.18789,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD438

secondary

#4D3080

accent

#40E77C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD438

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

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