#9CC42A#9CC42A

#9CC42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.176 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC42A
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(76, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -33.48, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 74.65, 116.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0981 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.176 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8686, 46.7147, 9.4226)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC42A #522AC4

analogous

#C49F2A #9CC42A #4FC42A

triadic

#9CC42A #2A9CC4 #C42A9C

tetradic

#9CC42A #2AC49F #522AC4 #C42A4F

square

#9CC42A #2AC49F #522AC4 #C42A4F

split-complementary

#9CC42A #2A4FC4 #9F2AC4

monochromatic

#4C5F14 #74921F #9CC42A #B6DA51 #CBE584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9CC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#9CC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC42A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC42A	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.176 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd671',
    500: '#9cc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc42a;
$custom-light: #bdd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.584,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76456,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC42A

secondary

#917CCE

accent

#40E86C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC42A

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

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