#9CCC40#9CCC40

#9CCC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.173 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCC40
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -35.96, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 71.37, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1031 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.173 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2287, 50.6232, 12.7121)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCC40 #7040CC

analogous

#CCB640 #9CCC40 #56CC40

triadic

#9CCC40 #409CCC #CC409C

tetradic

#9CCC40 #40CCB6 #7040CC #CC4056

square

#9CCC40 #40CCB6 #7040CC #CC4056

split-complementary

#9CCC40 #4056CC #B640CC

monochromatic

#56731F #7AA32C #9CCC40 #B5D970 #CEE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#9CCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCC40

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCC40	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.173 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb7d',
    500: '#9ccc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccc40;
$custom-light: #bddb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCC40

secondary

#4D347C

accent

#47E17C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCC40

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

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