#9CC956#9CC956

#9CC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.152 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC956
RGB	rgb(156, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -32.87, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 61.27, 122.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0926 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.152 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2766, 49.5125, 16.4479)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC956 #8356C9

analogous

#C9BD56 #9CC956 #63C956

triadic

#9CC956 #569CC9 #C9569C

tetradic

#9CC956 #56C9BD #8356C9 #C95663

square

#9CC956 #56C9BD #8356C9 #C95663

split-complementary

#9CC956 #5663C9 #BD56C9

monochromatic

#5C7D28 #7EAB37 #9CC956 #B7D884 #D2E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9CC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9CC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC956

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC956	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.152 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd989',
    500: '#9cc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc956;
$custom-light: #bcd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77983,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC956

secondary

#B8A6D5

accent

#4DDB84

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC956

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

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