#9CCC42#9CCC42

#9CCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.172 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCC42
RGB	rgb(156, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -35.83, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 70.66, 120.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.1026 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.172 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2866, 50.6464, 13.0172)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCC42 #7242CC

analogous

#CCB742 #9CCC42 #57CC42

triadic

#9CCC42 #429CCC #CC429C

tetradic

#9CCC42 #42CCB7 #7242CC #CC4257

square

#9CCC42 #42CCB7 #7242CC #CC4257

split-complementary

#9CCC42 #4257CC #B742CC

monochromatic

#57741F #7BA42C #9CCC42 #B5D972 #CEE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9CCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCC42

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCC42	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.172 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb7e',
    500: '#9ccc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccc42;
$custom-light: #bddb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78491,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCC42

secondary

#4E357D

accent

#47E17D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCC42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →