#9DCC38#9DCC38

#9DCC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.178 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC38
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -36.06, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 73.97, 119.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1041 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.178 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2115, 50.6388, 11.6071)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC38 #6738CC

analogous

#CCB138 #9DCC38 #53CC38

triadic

#9DCC38 #389DCC #CC389D

tetradic

#9DCC38 #38CCB1 #6738CC #CC3853

square

#9DCC38 #38CCB1 #6738CC #CC3853

split-complementary

#9DCC38 #3853CC #B138CC

monochromatic

#546E1C #799E29 #9DCC38 #B5D869 #CDE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9DCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9DCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC38

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC38	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.178 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb78',
    500: '#9dcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc38;
$custom-light: #bedb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.17777,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC38

secondary

#473177

accent

#45E277

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC38

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

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