#9CC856#9CC856

#9CC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC856
RGB	rgb(156, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -32.40, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 60.74, 122.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0914 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.151 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0442, 49.0478, 16.3705)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC856 #8256C8

analogous

#C8BB56 #9CC856 #63C856

triadic

#9CC856 #569CC8 #C8569C

tetradic

#9CC856 #56C8BB #8256C8 #C85663

square

#9CC856 #56C8BB #8256C8 #C85663

split-complementary

#9CC856 #5663C8 #BB56C8

monochromatic

#5B7B28 #7DAA37 #9CC856 #B7D784 #D2E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9CC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#9CC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC856

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC856	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd989',
    500: '#9cc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc856;
$custom-light: #bcd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77751,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC856

secondary

#B8A5D4

accent

#4DDA84

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC856

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

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