Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Yellow Green

Yellow Green is an earth tone green color with HEX #9ACD32. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 154, 205, 50, HSL 80, 61%, 50%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#9ACD32 green cool earth-tone
HEX #9ACD32
RGB rgb(154, 205, 50)
HSL hsl(80 61% 50%)
CMYK cmyk(25, 0, 76, 20)
Luminance 0.5076
Contrast Black 11.15:1White 1.88:1

CSS Utilities

--color-yellow-green: #9ACD32;
.bg-yellow-green { background-color: #9ACD32; }
.text-yellow-green { color: #9ACD32; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.5076
Black text11.15:1AA Pass
White text1.88:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
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    205,
    50
  ],
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    61,
    50
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    0,
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    20
  ],
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#4CCD32"
  ],
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    "#CD3299"
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    "#6632CD",
    "#CD324C"
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    "#B332CD"
  ],
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    "#BEDF7C",
    "#9ACD32",
    "#628320"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#BEDF7C",
  "dark": "#628320",
  "saturated": "#A3E916",
  "desaturated": "#90B14E",
  "pastel": "#C9DDA2",
  "neon": "#B8FF29"
}
Pairings
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    "#4CCD32"
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
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  ],
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    "#BEDF7C",
    "#90B14E"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Yellow Green Color

Yellow Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and earth tone visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Yellow Green is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Yellow Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #9ACD32.Yellow Green CSS utilitiesUse Yellow Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#9ACD32 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Yellow Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Yellow Green.Yellow Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Yellow Green against black and white text.

Black text11.15:1AA Pass
White text1.88:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Peridot#B4C424
Acid Green#B0BF1A
Brass#B5A642
Brushed Brass#B5A642
Green Yellow#ADFF2F

Color Harmonies

#6632CD#6632CD
#CDB332#CDB332
#4CCD32#4CCD32
#3299CD#3299CD
#CD3299#CD3299
Open full Yellow Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#BEDF7C#BEDF7C
#628320#628320
#A3E916#A3E916
#90B14E#90B14E
#C9DDA2#C9DDA2
#B8FF29#B8FF29

Pairings

Black#000000
#6632CD#6632CD
#CDB332#CDB332
#4CCD32#4CCD32
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5