#9DCD53#9DCD53

#9DCD53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.160 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD53
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -34.60, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 64.47, 122.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0978 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.16 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2972, 51.4546, 16.1487)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD53 #8353CD

analogous

#CDC053 #9DCD53 #60CD53

triadic

#9DCD53 #539DCD #CD539D

tetradic

#9DCD53 #53CDC0 #8353CD #CD5360

square

#9DCD53 #53CDC0 #8353CD #CD5360

split-complementary

#9DCD53 #5360CD #C053CD

monochromatic

#5C8025 #7FB033 #9DCD53 #B8DB82 #D3E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9DCD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9DCD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD53

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD53	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)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.160 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc88',
    500: '#9dcd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd53;
$custom-light: #bddc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.607,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD53

secondary

#5A3C88

accent

#4ADE84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD53

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

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