#9CDA42#9CDA42

#9CDA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.189 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDA42
RGB	rgb(156, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(84, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -42.07, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 77.46, 122.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.1196 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.189 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7649, 57.6030, 14.1766)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDA42 #8042DA

analogous

#DACC42 #9CDA42 #50DA42

triadic

#9CDA42 #429CDA #DA429C

tetradic

#9CDA42 #42DACC #8042DA #DA4250

square

#9CDA42 #42DACC #8042DA #DA4250

split-complementary

#9CDA42 #4250DA #CC42DA

monochromatic

#5B871A #7DBA24 #9CDA42 #B7E475 #D2EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#9CDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#9CDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDA42

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDA42	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.189 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde57f',
    500: '#9cda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cda42;
$custom-light: #bde57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.474,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8178,
    "c": 0.1892,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDA42

secondary

#58338D

accent

#3EEA84

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDA42

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

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