#9DC242#9DC242

#9DC242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.159 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC242
RGB	rgb(157, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(77, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -30.82, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 65.66, 117.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0888 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.159 124)
XYZ	xyz(34.1801, 46.1448, 12.2593)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC242 #6742C2

analogous

#C2A742 #9DC242 #5DC242

triadic

#9DC242 #429DC2 #C2429D

tetradic

#9DC242 #42C2A7 #6742C2 #C2425D

square

#9DC242 #42C2A7 #6742C2 #C2425D

split-complementary

#9DC242 #425DC2 #A742C2

monochromatic

#546822 #799631 #9DC242 #B5D170 #CDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9DC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9DC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC242

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC242	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.159 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd47d',
    500: '#9dc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc242;
$custom-light: #bdd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.344,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.46145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC242

secondary

#A494CC

accent

#4DDB76

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC242

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

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