#9DCD42#9DCD42

#9DCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.173 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD42
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -35.90, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 71.02, 120.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1028 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.173 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7194, 51.2235, 13.1058)
Luminance	0.5122 (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

#9DCD42 #7242CD

analogous

#CDB742 #9DCD42 #58CD42

triadic

#9DCD42 #429DCD #CD429D

tetradic

#9DCD42 #42CDB7 #7242CD #CD4258

square

#9DCD42 #42CDB7 #7242CD #CD4258

split-complementary

#9DCD42 #4258CD #B742CD

monochromatic

#58761F #7CA62C #9DCD42 #B6DA72 #CFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#9DCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD42

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD42	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)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.173 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc7e',
    500: '#9dcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd42;
$custom-light: #bddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.719,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD42

secondary

#4E357E

accent

#46E17C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD42

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

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