#9DCC53#9DCC53

#9DCC53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.158 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC53
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(83, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -34.14, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 63.95, 122.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0965 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.158 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0587, 50.9777, 16.0692)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC53 #8253CC

analogous

#CCBF53 #9DCC53 #61CC53

triadic

#9DCC53 #539DCC #CC539D

tetradic

#9DCC53 #53CCBF #8253CC #CC5361

square

#9DCC53 #53CCBF #8253CC #CC5361

split-complementary

#9DCC53 #5361CC #BF53CC

monochromatic

#5C7F26 #7FAE34 #9DCC53 #B8DA82 #D3E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9DCC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9DCC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC53

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC53	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.158 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb88',
    500: '#9dcc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc53;
$custom-light: #bddb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.306,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78715,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC53

secondary

#593D87

accent

#4ADE83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC53

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

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