#9CC242#9CC242

#9CC242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.159 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC242
RGB	rgb(156, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -31.21, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 65.76, 118.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0898 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.159 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9857, 46.0445, 12.2502)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC242 #6842C2

analogous

#C2A842 #9CC242 #5CC242

triadic

#9CC242 #429CC2 #C2429C

tetradic

#9CC242 #42C2A8 #6842C2 #C2425C

square

#9CC242 #42C2A8 #6842C2 #C2425C

split-complementary

#9CC242 #425CC2 #A842C2

monochromatic

#536822 #789631 #9CC242 #B4D170 #CCE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9CC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9CC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC242

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC242	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.159 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd47d',
    500: '#9cc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc242;
$custom-light: #bcd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.813,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC242

secondary

#A494CC

accent

#4DDB77

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC242

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

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