#9CC842#9CC842

#9CC842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.167 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC842
RGB	rgb(156, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -34.00, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 68.70, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0975 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.167 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3481, 48.7693, 12.7043)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC842 #6E42C8

analogous

#C8B142 #9CC842 #59C842

triadic

#9CC842 #429CC8 #C8429C

tetradic

#9CC842 #42C8B1 #6E42C8 #C84259

square

#9CC842 #42C8B1 #6E42C8 #C84259

split-complementary

#9CC842 #4259C8 #B142C8

monochromatic

#556F20 #7A9F2E #9CC842 #B5D671 #CEE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9CC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#9CC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC842

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC842	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.167 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd97d',
    500: '#9cc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc842;
$custom-light: #bdd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.701,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77554,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC842

secondary

#A996D0

accent

#4ADE7A

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC842

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

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