#9DCD43#9DCD43

#9DCD43 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.172 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD43
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -35.84, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 70.66, 120.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1026 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.172 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7492, 51.2354, 13.2624)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD43 #7343CD

analogous

#CDB843 #9DCD43 #58CD43

triadic

#9DCD43 #439DCD #CD439D

tetradic

#9DCD43 #43CDB8 #7343CD #CD4358

square

#9DCD43 #43CDB8 #7343CD #CD4358

split-complementary

#9DCD43 #4358CD #B843CD

monochromatic

#58761F #7CA72C #9DCD43 #B6DA73 #CFE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9DCD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD43

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD43	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.172 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc7e',
    500: '#9dcd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd43;
$custom-light: #bddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD43

secondary

#4F367F

accent

#47E17C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD43

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

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