#9DCE40#9DCE40

#9DCE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.175 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCE40
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -36.49, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 72.22, 120.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.1046 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.175 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9015, 51.6803, 12.8806)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCE40 #7140CE

analogous

#CEB840 #9DCE40 #56CE40

triadic

#9DCE40 #409DCE #CE409D

tetradic

#9DCE40 #40CEB8 #7140CE #CE4056

square

#9DCE40 #40CEB8 #7140CE #CE4056

split-complementary

#9DCE40 #4056CE #B840CE

monochromatic

#57751E #7CA62B #9DCE40 #B6DA71 #CFE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9DCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#9DCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCE40

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCE40	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.175 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd7d',
    500: '#9dce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dce40;
$custom-light: #bedd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.704,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79009,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCE40

secondary

#4E347E

accent

#45E27C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCE40

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

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