#9DCD39#9DCD39

#9DCD39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.178 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD39
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -36.46, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 74.11, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.1051 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.178 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4747, 51.1256, 11.8167)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD39 #6939CD

analogous

#CDB339 #9DCD39 #53CD39

triadic

#9DCD39 #399DCD #CD399D

tetradic

#9DCD39 #39CDB3 #6939CD #CD3953

square

#9DCD39 #39CDB3 #6939CD #CD3953

split-complementary

#9DCD39 #3953CD #B339CD

monochromatic

#546F1C #79A028 #9DCD39 #B5D96A #CDE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#9DCD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD39

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD39	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.178 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc79',
    500: '#9dcd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd39;
$custom-light: #bedc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.459,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78723,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD39

secondary

#493279

accent

#45E378

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD39

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

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