#9CC970#9CC970

#9CC970 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC970
RGB	rgb(156, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(90, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -30.09, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 49.76, 127.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.083 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.127 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5210, 50.0103, 23.0022)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC970 #9D70C9

analogous

#C9C970 #9CC970 #70C971

triadic

#9CC970 #709CC9 #C9709C

tetradic

#9CC970 #70C9C9 #9D70C9 #C97170

square

#9CC970 #70C9C9 #9D70C9 #C97170

split-complementary

#9CC970 #7170C9 #C970C9

monochromatic

#5F8A34 #7DB745 #9CC970 #BBDA9C #DAEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9CC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#9CC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC970

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC970	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd99a',
    500: '#9cc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc970;
$custom-light: #bbd99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.337,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC970

secondary

#6F4C92

accent

#2DB874

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FBF5

border

#D1D4CF

text

#12140E

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC970

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

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