#9DCC40#9DCC40

#9DCC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.173 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC40
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -35.58, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 71.25, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1021 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.173 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4230, 50.7234, 12.7212)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC40 #6F40CC

analogous

#CCB540 #9DCC40 #57CC40

triadic

#9DCC40 #409DCC #CC409D

tetradic

#9DCC40 #40CCB5 #6F40CC #CC4057

square

#9DCC40 #40CCB5 #6F40CC #CC4057

split-complementary

#9DCC40 #4057CC #B540CC

monochromatic

#57731F #7BA32C #9DCC40 #B6D970 #CFE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9DCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#9DCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC40

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC40	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.173 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb7d',
    500: '#9dcc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc40;
$custom-light: #bddb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC40

secondary

#4C347C

accent

#47E17B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC40

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

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