#9CC440#9CC440

#9CC440 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.163 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC440
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -32.28, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 67.49, 118.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.093 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.163 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3759, 46.9176, 12.0945)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC440 #6840C4

analogous

#C4AA40 #9CC440 #5AC440

triadic

#9CC440 #409CC4 #C4409C

tetradic

#9CC440 #40C4AA #6840C4 #C4405A

square

#9CC440 #40C4AA #6840C4 #C4405A

split-complementary

#9CC440 #405AC4 #AA40C4

monochromatic

#536920 #78982F #9CC440 #B4D26F #CCE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9CC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#9CC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC440

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC440	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BBA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.163 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd67c',
    500: '#9cc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc440;
$custom-light: #bcd67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76603,
    "c": 0.16323,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC440

secondary

#A493CD

accent

#4CDC77

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC440

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

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