#9CCA40#9CCA40

#9CCA40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.171 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCA40
RGB	rgb(156, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -35.05, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 70.40, 119.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.1006 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.171 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7564, 49.6786, 12.5546)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCA40 #6E40CA

analogous

#CAB340 #9CCA40 #57CA40

triadic

#9CCA40 #409CCA #CA409C

tetradic

#9CCA40 #40CAB3 #6E40CA #CA4057

square

#9CCA40 #40CAB3 #6E40CA #CA4057

split-complementary

#9CCA40 #4057CA #B340CA

monochromatic

#55701F #7AA02C #9CCA40 #B5D770 #CEE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9CCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#9CCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCA40

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCA40	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.171 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdda7c',
    500: '#9cca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cca40;
$custom-light: #bdda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCA40

secondary

#A995D1

accent

#48E07B

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCA40

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

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