#9DCD3C#9DCD3C

#9DCD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; 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	#9DCD3C
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -36.28, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 73.11, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1044 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.177 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5517, 51.1564, 12.2226)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD3C #6C3CCD

analogous

#CDB53C #9DCD3C #55CD3C

triadic

#9DCD3C #3C9DCD #CD3C9D

tetradic

#9DCD3C #3CCDB5 #6C3CCD #CD3C55

square

#9DCD3C #3CCDB5 #6C3CCD #CD3C55

split-complementary

#9DCD3C #3C55CD #B53CCD

monochromatic

#56711D #7AA22A #9DCD3C #B5D96D #CEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#9DCD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD3C

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD3C	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)

#D8BF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.177 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7b',
    500: '#9dcd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd3c;
$custom-light: #bedc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.862,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78744,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD3C

secondary

#4A337A

accent

#45E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD3C

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

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