#9DC740#9DC740

#9DC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.167 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC740
RGB	rgb(157, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -33.28, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 68.83, 118.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0958 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.167 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2537, 48.3847, 12.3314)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC740 #6A40C7

analogous

#C7AE40 #9DC740 #5AC740

triadic

#9DC740 #409DC7 #C7409D

tetradic

#9DC740 #40C7AE #6A40C7 #C7405A

square

#9DC740 #40C7AE #6A40C7 #C7405A

split-complementary

#9DC740 #405AC7 #AE40C7

monochromatic

#556D20 #7A9C2E #9DC740 #B5D56F #CEE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9DC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC740

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC740	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.167 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd87c',
    500: '#9dc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc740;
$custom-light: #bdd87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC740

secondary

#A694CF

accent

#4ADE78

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC740

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

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