#9CC940#9CC940

#9CC940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.169 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC940
RGB	rgb(156, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -34.59, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 69.92, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0993 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.169 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5225, 49.2109, 12.4767)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC940 #6D40C9

analogous

#C9B140 #9CC940 #58C940

triadic

#9CC940 #409CC9 #C9409C

tetradic

#9CC940 #40C9B1 #6D40C9 #C94058

square

#9CC940 #40C9B1 #6D40C9 #C94058

split-complementary

#9CC940 #4058C9 #B140C9

monochromatic

#556F1F #799F2D #9CC940 #B5D670 #CDE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9CC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#9CC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC940

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC940	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.169 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd97c',
    500: '#9cc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc940;
$custom-light: #bdd97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.708,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77772,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC940

secondary

#A894D0

accent

#49DF7A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC940

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

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