#9DC42A#9DC42A

#9DC42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.176 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC42A
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -33.08, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 74.55, 116.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.097 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.176 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0629, 46.8149, 9.4317)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC42A #512AC4

analogous

#C49E2A #9DC42A #50C42A

triadic

#9DC42A #2A9DC4 #C42A9D

tetradic

#9DC42A #2AC49E #512AC4 #C42A50

square

#9DC42A #2AC49E #512AC4 #C42A50

split-complementary

#9DC42A #2A50C4 #9E2AC4

monochromatic

#4C5F14 #75921F #9DC42A #B7DA51 #CCE584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9DC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9DC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC42A

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC42A	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.176 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed671',
    500: '#9dc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc42a;
$custom-light: #bed671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.195,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC42A

secondary

#917CCE

accent

#40E86B

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC42A

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

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