#9CC42D#9CC42D

#9CC42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.175 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC42D
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -33.35, 65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 73.80, 116.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0975 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.175 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9243, 46.7370, 9.7160)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC42D #552DC4

analogous

#C4A12D #9CC42D #51C42D

triadic

#9CC42D #2D9CC4 #C42D9C

tetradic

#9CC42D #2DC4A1 #552DC4 #C42D51

square

#9CC42D #2DC4A1 #552DC4 #C42D51

split-complementary

#9CC42D #2D51C4 #A12DC4

monochromatic

#4D6016 #749222 #9CC42D #B6D856 #CBE488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9CC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#9CC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC42D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC42D	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.175 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd672',
    500: '#9cc42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc42d;
$custom-light: #bdd672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.894,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC42D

secondary

#9480CD

accent

#42E66D

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC42D

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

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