#9DCD51#9DCD51

#9DCD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.161 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD51
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -34.77, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 65.28, 122.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0984 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.161 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2211, 51.4242, 15.7478)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD51 #8151CD

analogous

#CDBF51 #9DCD51 #5FCD51

triadic

#9DCD51 #519DCD #CD519D

tetradic

#9DCD51 #51CDBF #8151CD #CD515F

square

#9DCD51 #51CDBF #8151CD #CD515F

split-complementary

#9DCD51 #515FCD #BF51CD

monochromatic

#5C7F25 #7EAF32 #9DCD51 #B8DB81 #D3E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9DCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9DCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD51

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD51	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.161 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc87',
    500: '#9dcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd51;
$custom-light: #bddc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.226,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78927,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD51

secondary

#593B87

accent

#49DF83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD51

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

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