#9DC85B#9DC85B

#9DC85B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC85B
RGB	rgb(157, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(84, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -31.55, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 58.47, 122.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0886 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.146 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4471, 49.2314, 17.4779)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC85B #865BC8

analogous

#C8BD5B #9DC85B #66C85B

triadic

#9DC85B #5B9DC8 #C85B9D

tetradic

#9DC85B #5BC8BD #865BC8 #C85B66

square

#9DC85B #5BC8BD #865BC8 #C85B66

split-complementary

#9DC85B #5B66C8 #BD5BC8

monochromatic

#5D7E2A #7FAC3A #9DC85B #B8D789 #D4E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9DC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#9DC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC85B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC85B	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd98c',
    500: '#9dc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc85b;
$custom-light: #bcd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.67,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC85B

secondary

#BBA9D6

accent

#4FD985

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC85B

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

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