#9DCD3B#9DCD3B

#9DCD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.177 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD3B
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -36.34, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 73.45, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1046 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.177 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5255, 51.1459, 12.0846)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD3B #6B3BCD

analogous

#CDB43B #9DCD3B #54CD3B

triadic

#9DCD3B #3B9DCD #CD3B9D

tetradic

#9DCD3B #3BCDB4 #6B3BCD #CD3B54

square

#9DCD3B #3BCDB4 #6B3BCD #CD3B54

split-complementary

#9DCD3B #3B54CD #B43BCD

monochromatic

#55711D #7AA229 #9DCD3B #B5D96C #CEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#9DCD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD3B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD3B	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)

#D8BF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.177 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7a',
    500: '#9dcd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd3b;
$custom-light: #bedc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.726,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78737,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD3B

secondary

#4A327A

accent

#45E379

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD3B

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

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