#9DCD49#9DCD49

#9DCD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.168 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD49
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -35.41, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 68.42, 121.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1009 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.168 127)
XYZ	xyz(36.9386, 51.3112, 14.2600)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD49 #7949CD

analogous

#CDBB49 #9DCD49 #5BCD49

triadic

#9DCD49 #499DCD #CD499D

tetradic

#9DCD49 #49CDBB #7949CD #CD495B

square

#9DCD49 #49CDBB #7949CD #CD495B

split-complementary

#9DCD49 #495BCD #BB49CD

monochromatic

#5A7A22 #7DAA2F #9DCD49 #B7DA79 #D1E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9DCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9DCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD49

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD49	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.168 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc82',
    500: '#9dcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd49;
$custom-light: #bddc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7885,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.51312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD49

secondary

#533882

accent

#48E07F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD49

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

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