#9DCD38#9DCD38

#9DCD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.179 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD38
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -36.52, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 74.44, 119.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.1053 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.179 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4500, 51.1157, 11.6866)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD38 #6838CD

analogous

#CDB238 #9DCD38 #52CD38

triadic

#9DCD38 #389DCD #CD389D

tetradic

#9DCD38 #38CDB2 #6838CD #CD3852

square

#9DCD38 #38CDB2 #6838CD #CD3852

split-complementary

#9DCD38 #3852CD #B238CD

monochromatic

#546F1C #79A028 #9DCD38 #B5D969 #CDE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9DCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD38

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD38	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)

#D8BF1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.179 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc79',
    500: '#9dcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd38;
$custom-light: #bedc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.329,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD38

secondary

#483178

accent

#45E378

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD38

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

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