#9DCA3B#9DCA3B

#9DCA3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.174 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCA3B
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -34.98, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 72.03, 119.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1009 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.174 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8148, 49.7245, 11.8477)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCA3B #683BCA

analogous

#CAAF3B #9DCA3B #55CA3B

triadic

#9DCA3B #3B9DCA #CA3B9D

tetradic

#9DCA3B #3BCAAF #683BCA #CA3B55

square

#9DCA3B #3BCAAF #683BCA #CA3B55

split-complementary

#9DCA3B #3B55CA #AF3BCA

monochromatic

#546D1E #799D2B #9DCA3B #B5D76B #CDE49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DCA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9DCA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCA3B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCA3B	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.174 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7a',
    500: '#9dca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dca3b;
$custom-light: #beda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.881,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78035,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCA3B

secondary

#A591D0

accent

#47E177

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCA3B

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

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