#9CCC37#9CCC37

#9CCC37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.179 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCC37
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -36.51, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 74.41, 119.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.1053 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.179 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9929, 50.5289, 11.4705)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCC37 #6737CC

analogous

#CCB237 #9CCC37 #51CC37

triadic

#9CCC37 #379CCC #CC379C

tetradic

#9CCC37 #37CCB2 #6737CC #CC3751

square

#9CCC37 #37CCB2 #6737CC #CC3751

split-complementary

#9CCC37 #3751CC #B237CC

monochromatic

#536D1C #789E28 #9CCC37 #B4D868 #CCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#9CCC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCC37

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCC37	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.179 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb78',
    500: '#9ccc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccc37;
$custom-light: #bddb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.329,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7841,
    "c": 0.17882,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCC37

secondary

#473176

accent

#45E378

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCC37

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

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