#9DCC42#9DCC42

#9DCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.171 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC42
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -35.45, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 70.53, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.1016 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.171 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4810, 50.7466, 13.0263)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC42 #7142CC

analogous

#CCB642 #9DCC42 #58CC42

triadic

#9DCC42 #429DCC #CC429D

tetradic

#9DCC42 #42CCB6 #7142CC #CC4258

square

#9DCC42 #42CCB6 #7142CC #CC4258

split-complementary

#9DCC42 #4258CC #B642CC

monochromatic

#57741F #7CA42C #9DCC42 #B6D972 #CFE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9DCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9DCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC42

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC42	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.171 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb7e',
    500: '#9dcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc42;
$custom-light: #bddb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.17137,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC42

secondary

#4E357D

accent

#47E17B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC42

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

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