#9FCD40#9FCD40

#9FCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.173 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCD40
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -35.27, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 71.49, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.1014 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.173 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0550, 51.4032, 12.8191)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCD40 #6E40CD

analogous

#CDB440 #9FCD40 #59CD40

triadic

#9FCD40 #409FCD #CD409F

tetradic

#9FCD40 #40CDB4 #6E40CD #CD4059

square

#9FCD40 #40CDB4 #6E40CD #CD4059

split-complementary

#9FCD40 #4059CD #B440CD

monochromatic

#58741E #7DA52B #9FCD40 #B7DA71 #D0E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9FCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#9FCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCD40

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCD40	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.173 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdc7d',
    500: '#9fcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcd40;
$custom-light: #bfdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.574,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCD40

secondary

#4C347D

accent

#46E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCD40

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

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