#9DCD3E#9DCD3E

#9DCD3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.175 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD3E
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -36.16, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 72.43, 119.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.1039 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.175 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6056, 51.1780, 12.5063)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD3E #6E3ECD

analogous

#CDB63E #9DCD3E #55CD3E

triadic

#9DCD3E #3E9DCD #CD3E9D

tetradic

#9DCD3E #3ECDB6 #6E3ECD #CD3E55

square

#9DCD3E #3ECDB6 #6E3ECD #CD3E55

split-complementary

#9DCD3E #3E55CD #B63ECD

monochromatic

#56731E #7BA32A #9DCD3E #B6DA6F #CEE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#9DCD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD3E

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD3E	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.175 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7c',
    500: '#9dcd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd3e;
$custom-light: #bedc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.14,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78759,
    "c": 0.17528,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD3E

secondary

#4C347C

accent

#46E27A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD3E

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

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