#9CCA39#9CCA39

#9CCA39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.175 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCA39
RGB	rgb(156, 202, 57)
HSL	hsl(79, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -35.48, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 72.82, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.1024 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.175 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5696, 49.6039, 11.5707)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCA39 #6739CA

analogous

#CAAF39 #9CCA39 #54CA39

triadic

#9CCA39 #399CCA #CA399C

tetradic

#9CCA39 #39CAAF #6739CA #CA3954

square

#9CCA39 #39CAAF #6739CA #CA3954

split-complementary

#9CCA39 #3954CA #AF39CA

monochromatic

#536C1D #789C2A #9CCA39 #B4D769 #CCE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CCA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#9CCA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCA39

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCA39	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cca39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 202, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.175 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdda79',
    500: '#9cca39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cca39;
$custom-light: #bdda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cca39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.034,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77954,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCA39

secondary

#A48FD0

accent

#47E178

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCA39

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

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