#9CC456#9CC456

#9CC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC456
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -30.53, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 58.63, 121.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0861 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.146 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1299, 47.2192, 16.0657)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC456 #7E56C4

analogous

#C4B556 #9CC456 #65C456

triadic

#9CC456 #569CC4 #C4569C

tetradic

#9CC456 #56C4B5 #7E56C4 #C45665

square

#9CC456 #56C4B5 #7E56C4 #C45665

split-complementary

#9CC456 #5665C4 #B556C4

monochromatic

#5A7629 #7DA439 #9CC456 #B7D483 #D1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#9CC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC456

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC456	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd689',
    500: '#9cc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc456;
$custom-light: #bcd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76821,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC456

secondary

#B5A4D2

accent

#50D881

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC456

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

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