#9DCD36#9DCD36

#9DCD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.180 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD36
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -36.63, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 75.07, 119.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1058 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.18 126)
XYZ	xyz(36.4020, 51.0965, 11.4341)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD36 #6636CD

analogous

#CDB136 #9DCD36 #51CD36

triadic

#9DCD36 #369DCD #CD369D

tetradic

#9DCD36 #36CDB1 #6636CD #CD3651

square

#9DCD36 #36CDB1 #6636CD #CD3651

split-complementary

#9DCD36 #3651CD #B136CD

monochromatic

#536D1B #799E27 #9DCD36 #B5D967 #CDE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9DCD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD36

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD36	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.180 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc78',
    500: '#9dcd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd36;
$custom-light: #bedc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.073,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.18013,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.51097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD36

secondary

#473077

accent

#44E377

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD36

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

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