#9CC16A#9CC16A

#9CC16A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC16A
RGB	rgb(156, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(86, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(86, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 45.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -26.98, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 47.98, 124.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0747 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.122 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3815, 46.2480, 20.6956)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC16A #8F6AC1

analogous

#C1BA6A #9CC16A #70C16A

triadic

#9CC16A #6A9CC1 #C16A9C

tetradic

#9CC16A #6AC1BA #8F6AC1 #C16A70

square

#9CC16A #6AC1BA #8F6AC1 #C16A70

split-complementary

#9CC16A #6A70C1 #BA6AC1

monochromatic

#5E7D34 #7EA846 #9CC16A #B9D395 #D5E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9CC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#9CC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC16A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC16A	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd496',
    500: '#9cc16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc16a;
$custom-light: #bbd496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.517,
    "s": 41.232,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC16A

secondary

#C1B2D5

accent

#57D18B

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F9F2

border

#D0D2CC

text

#12140D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC16A

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

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