#9DC42D#9DC42D

#9DC42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.174 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC42D
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(75, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -32.95, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 73.70, 116.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0964 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.174 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1186, 46.8372, 9.7251)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC42D #542DC4

analogous

#C4A02D #9DC42D #51C42D

triadic

#9DC42D #2D9DC4 #C42D9D

tetradic

#9DC42D #2DC4A0 #542DC4 #C42D51

square

#9DC42D #2DC4A0 #542DC4 #C42D51

split-complementary

#9DC42D #2D51C4 #A02DC4

monochromatic

#4D6016 #759222 #9DC42D #B7D856 #CCE488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9DC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#9DC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC42D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC42D	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.174 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed672',
    500: '#9dc42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc42d;
$custom-light: #bed672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.497,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76541,
    "c": 0.17428,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC42D

secondary

#9480CD

accent

#42E66C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC42D

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

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