#9CC740#9CC740

#9CC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.167 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC740
RGB	rgb(156, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -33.67, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 68.95, 119.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0968 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.167 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0593, 48.2845, 12.3223)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC740 #6B40C7

analogous

#C7AF40 #9CC740 #59C740

triadic

#9CC740 #409CC7 #C7409C

tetradic

#9CC740 #40C7AF #6B40C7 #C74059

square

#9CC740 #40C7AF #6B40C7 #C74059

split-complementary

#9CC740 #4059C7 #AF40C7

monochromatic

#546D20 #799C2E #9CC740 #B5D56F #CDE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9CC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#9CC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC740

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC740	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.167 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd87c',
    500: '#9cc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc740;
$custom-light: #bdd87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77304,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC740

secondary

#A794CF

accent

#4ADE79

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC740

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

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