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Yellow Green

#9ACD32

Conversions

HEX#9ACD32

RGBrgb(154, 205, 50)

HSLhsl(80, 61%, 50%)

HSVhsv(80, 76%, 80%)

CMYKcmyk(25%, 0%, 76%, 20%)

Copy CSS

color: #9acd32;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(154, 205, 50);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(80, 61%, 50%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.88 : 1

On ink blackPass · 10.16 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Yellow Green

Yellow Green is the hex color #9ACD32, which translates to rgb(154, 205, 50) in RGB and hsl(80, 61%, 50%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 80 degrees, with a saturation of 61 percent and a lightness of 50 percent. That combination gives Yellow Green a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Yellow Green compares

Yellow Green is exactly the CSS keyword yellowgreen, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is lime-300 (#BBF451), at a distance of 13.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Apple Green at 9.2. Sorted by lightness, Yellow Green is number 20 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Yellow Green

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Yellow Green, led by Ink black at 10.16:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Yellow Green already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Yellow Green. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	10.16:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	2.57:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	5.47:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.52:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Yellow Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Yellow Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Yellow Green

Format	Value
HEX	#9ACD32
RGB	rgb(154, 205, 50)
HSL	hsl(80, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(80, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 76%, 20%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.1837 126.64)
CIELAB	lab(76.53 -37.99 66.59)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.