#9CCC38#9CCC38

#9CCC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.178 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCC38
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -36.45, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 74.09, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.1051 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.178 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0172, 50.5386, 11.5980)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCC38 #6838CC

analogous

#CCB238 #9CCC38 #52CC38

triadic

#9CCC38 #389CCC #CC389C

tetradic

#9CCC38 #38CCB2 #6838CC #CC3852

square

#9CCC38 #38CCB2 #6838CC #CC3852

split-complementary

#9CCC38 #3852CC #B238CC

monochromatic

#536E1C #789E29 #9CCC38 #B4D869 #CCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#9CCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCC38

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCC38	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)

#D7BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.178 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb78',
    500: '#9ccc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccc38;
$custom-light: #bddb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCC38

secondary

#483177

accent

#45E278

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCC38

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

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