#9CC042#9CC042

#9CC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.157 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC042
RGB	rgb(156, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(77, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -30.27, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 64.79, 117.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0872 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.157 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5436, 45.1603, 12.1028)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC042 #6642C0

analogous

#C0A542 #9CC042 #5DC042

triadic

#9CC042 #429CC0 #C0429C

tetradic

#9CC042 #42C0A5 #6642C0 #C0425D

square

#9CC042 #42C0A5 #6642C0 #C0425D

split-complementary

#9CC042 #425DC0 #A542C0

monochromatic

#526622 #779431 #9CC042 #B4CF70 #CCDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#9CC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#9CC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC042

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC042	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.157 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd37d',
    500: '#9cc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc042;
$custom-light: #bcd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC042

secondary

#A393CB

accent

#4EDA76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC042

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

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