#9CCC39#9CCC39

#9CCC39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.178 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCC39
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 57)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -36.39, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 73.76, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.1049 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.178 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0419, 50.5485, 11.7281)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCC39 #6939CC

analogous

#CCB239 #9CCC39 #52CC39

triadic

#9CCC39 #399CCC #CC399C

tetradic

#9CCC39 #39CCB2 #6939CC #CC3952

square

#9CCC39 #39CCB2 #6939CC #CC3952

split-complementary

#9CCC39 #3952CC #B239CC

monochromatic

#536E1C #789F29 #9CCC39 #B4D96A #CDE59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#9CCC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCC39

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCC39	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)

#D7BE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.178 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb79',
    500: '#9ccc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccc39;
$custom-light: #bddb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.592,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78424,
    "c": 0.17764,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCC39

secondary

#483278

accent

#46E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCC39

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

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