#9DCE42#9DCE42

#9DCE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.174 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCE42
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -36.36, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 71.51, 120.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.1041 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.174 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9594, 51.7034, 13.1858)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCE42 #7342CE

analogous

#CEB942 #9DCE42 #57CE42

triadic

#9DCE42 #429DCE #CE429D

tetradic

#9DCE42 #42CEB9 #7342CE #CE4257

square

#9DCE42 #42CEB9 #7342CE #CE4257

split-complementary

#9DCE42 #4257CE #B942CE

monochromatic

#58771F #7CA72B #9DCE42 #B6DB73 #CFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9DCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#9DCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCE42

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCE42	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.174 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd7e',
    500: '#9dce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dce42;
$custom-light: #bedd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79024,
    "c": 0.17386,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCE42

secondary

#4F357F

accent

#46E27C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCE42

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

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