#9CC53B#9CC53B

#9CC53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.168 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC53B
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(78, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -33.07, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 69.77, 118.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0956 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.168 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4662, 47.3158, 11.4539)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC53B #643BC5

analogous

#C5A93B #9CC53B #57C53B

triadic

#9CC53B #3B9CC5 #C53B9C

tetradic

#9CC53B #3BC5A9 #643BC5 #C53B57

square

#9CC53B #3BC5A9 #643BC5 #C53B57

split-complementary

#9CC53B #3B57C5 #A93BC5

monochromatic

#52671F #77962C #9CC53B #B4D36A #CCE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#9CC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC53B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC53B	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)

#D0B824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.168 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd679',
    500: '#9cc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc53b;
$custom-light: #bdd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.826,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76797,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC53B

secondary

#A18FCD

accent

#4ADE76

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC53B

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

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