#9CC55D#9CC55D

#9CC55D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC55D
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(84, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 52.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -30.32, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 56.11, 122.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.085 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.14 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6522, 47.7902, 17.6999)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC55D #865DC5

analogous

#C5BA5D #9CC55D #68C55D

triadic

#9CC55D #5D9CC5 #C55D9C

tetradic

#9CC55D #5DC5BA #865DC5 #C55D68

square

#9CC55D #5DC5BA #865DC5 #C55D68

split-complementary

#9CC55D #5D68C5 #BA5DC5

monochromatic

#5C7B2C #7EA83C #9CC55D #B8D58A #D3E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9CC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#9CC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC55D

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC55D	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd68e',
    500: '#9cc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc55d;
$custom-light: #bbd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.654,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77138,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC55D

secondary

#BAAAD4

accent

#51D786

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC55D

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

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