#9CC556#9CC556

#9CC556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC556
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -31.00, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 59.16, 121.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0874 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.147 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3562, 47.6718, 16.1412)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC556 #7F56C5

analogous

#C5B656 #9CC556 #64C556

triadic

#9CC556 #569CC5 #C5569C

tetradic

#9CC556 #56C5B6 #7F56C5 #C55664

square

#9CC556 #56C5B6 #7F56C5 #C55664

split-complementary

#9CC556 #5664C5 #B656C5

monochromatic

#5B7829 #7DA539 #9CC556 #B7D584 #D1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9CC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#9CC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC556

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC556	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd689',
    500: '#9cc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc556;
$custom-light: #bcd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.162,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77053,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC556

secondary

#B5A4D3

accent

#4FD882

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC556

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

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