#9CC538#9CC538

#9CC538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.170 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC538
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(77, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -33.24, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 70.80, 118.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0963 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.17 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3907, 47.2856, 11.0558)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC538 #6138C5

analogous

#C5A838 #9CC538 #55C538

triadic

#9CC538 #389CC5 #C5389C

tetradic

#9CC538 #38C5A8 #6138C5 #C53855

square

#9CC538 #38C5A8 #6138C5 #C53855

split-complementary

#9CC538 #3855C5 #A838C5

monochromatic

#51661D #76952A #9CC538 #B4D467 #CBE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#9CC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC538

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC538	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.170 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd678',
    500: '#9cc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc538;
$custom-light: #bdd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76776,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC538

secondary

#9F8CCD

accent

#49DF74

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#121409

muted

#81837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC538

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

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