#9FCD42#9FCD42

#9FCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.172 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCD42
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -35.14, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 70.78, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1008 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.172 126)
XYZ	xyz(37.1129, 51.4264, 13.1242)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCD42 #7042CD

analogous

#CDB542 #9FCD42 #59CD42

triadic

#9FCD42 #429FCD #CD429F

tetradic

#9FCD42 #42CDB5 #7042CD #CD4259

square

#9FCD42 #42CDB5 #7042CD #CD4259

split-complementary

#9FCD42 #4259CD #B542CD

monochromatic

#59761F #7EA62C #9FCD42 #B8DA72 #D0E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9FCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9FCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCD42

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCD42	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.172 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdc7e',
    500: '#9fcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcd42;
$custom-light: #bfdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.856,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.51427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCD42

secondary

#4D357E

accent

#46E17A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCD42

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

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