#9DCA38#9DCA38

#9DCA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.175 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCA38
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -35.15, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 73.03, 118.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.1016 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.175 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7392, 49.6942, 11.4497)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCA38 #6538CA

analogous

#CAAE38 #9DCA38 #54CA38

triadic

#9DCA38 #389DCA #CA389D

tetradic

#9DCA38 #38CAAE #6538CA #CA3854

square

#9DCA38 #38CAAE #6538CA #CA3854

split-complementary

#9DCA38 #3854CA #AE38CA

monochromatic

#536B1D #789B29 #9DCA38 #B5D768 #CDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#9DCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCA38

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCA38	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.175 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda78',
    500: '#9dca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dca38;
$custom-light: #beda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.493,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78014,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCA38

secondary

#A28ECF

accent

#47E176

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCA38

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

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