#9DC42E#9DC42E

#9DC42E 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	#9DC42E
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(76, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -32.91, 65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 73.40, 116.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0962 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.174 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1381, 46.8450, 9.8277)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC42E #552EC4

analogous

#C4A02E #9DC42E #52C42E

triadic

#9DC42E #2E9DC4 #C42E9D

tetradic

#9DC42E #2EC4A0 #552EC4 #C42E52

square

#9DC42E #2EC4A0 #552EC4 #C42E52

split-complementary

#9DC42E #2E52C4 #A02EC4

monochromatic

#4E6117 #759222 #9DC42E #B6D858 #CCE389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9DC42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#9DC42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC42E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC42E	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)

#CFB703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.174 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed673',
    500: '#9dc42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc42e;
$custom-light: #bed673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76546,
    "c": 0.17377,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC42E

secondary

#9581CD

accent

#43E56D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC42E

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

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