#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
RGBrgb(156, 200, 86)
HSLhsl(83, 51%, 56%)
HSVhsv(83, 57%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.48, -32.40, 51.38)
CIE-LCHlch(75.48, 60.74, 122.24°)
OKLaboklab(77.75% -0.0914 0.1201)
OKLCHoklch(77.75% 0.151 127.3)
XYZxyz(36.0442, 49.0478, 16.3705)
Luminance0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##9CC8561.001.9410.8110.81
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8121.001.001.00
##00000010.8121.001.001.00

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

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#9CC856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva