#9DCB42#9DCB42

#9DCB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.170 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCB42
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -34.99, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 70.05, 119.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.1003 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.17 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2441, 50.2728, 12.9473)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCB42 #7042CB

analogous

#CBB442 #9DCB42 #59CB42

triadic

#9DCB42 #429DCB #CB429D

tetradic

#9DCB42 #42CBB4 #7042CB #CB4259

square

#9DCB42 #42CBB4 #7042CB #CB4259

split-complementary

#9DCB42 #4259CB #B442CB

monochromatic

#577320 #7BA32D #9DCB42 #B6D872 #CFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9DCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#9DCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCB42

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCB42	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.170 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb7e',
    500: '#9dcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcb42;
$custom-light: #bddb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.146,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78322,
    "c": 0.17012,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCB42

secondary

#4D357C

accent

#48E07B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCB42

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

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