#9DCA42#9DCA42

#9DCA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.169 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCA42
RGB	rgb(157, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -34.53, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 69.56, 119.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0991 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.169 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0087, 49.8020, 12.8689)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCA42 #6F42CA

analogous

#CAB342 #9DCA42 #59CA42

triadic

#9DCA42 #429DCA #CA429D

tetradic

#9DCA42 #42CAB3 #6F42CA #CA4259

square

#9DCA42 #42CAB3 #6F42CA #CA4259

split-complementary

#9DCA42 #4259CA #B342CA

monochromatic

#577220 #7BA22D #9DCA42 #B6D772 #CFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9DCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9DCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCA42

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCA42	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.169 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdda7e',
    500: '#9dca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dca42;
$custom-light: #bdda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCA42

secondary

#AA96D1

accent

#48DF7A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCA42

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

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