#9DCD57#9DCD57

#9DCD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCD57
RGB	rgb(157, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -34.25, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 62.82, 123.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0964 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.156 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4561, 51.5182, 16.9856)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCD57 #8757CD

analogous

#CDC257 #9DCD57 #62CD57

triadic

#9DCD57 #579DCD #CD579D

tetradic

#9DCD57 #57CDC2 #8757CD #CD5762

square

#9DCD57 #57CDC2 #8757CD #CD5762

split-complementary

#9DCD57 #5762CD #C257CD

monochromatic

#5D8327 #7FB235 #9DCD57 #B9DB86 #D4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9DCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#9DCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCD57

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCD57	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8a',
    500: '#9dcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcd57;
$custom-light: #bddc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.407,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78991,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCD57

secondary

#5D3E8A

accent

#4ADD86

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCD57

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

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