#9CCD39#9CCD39

#9CCD39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.179 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD39
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -36.84, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 74.23, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1061 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.179 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2803, 51.0254, 11.8076)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD39 #6A39CD

analogous

#CDB439 #9CCD39 #52CD39

triadic

#9CCD39 #399CCD #CD399C

tetradic

#9CCD39 #39CDB4 #6A39CD #CD3952

square

#9CCD39 #39CDB4 #6A39CD #CD3952

split-complementary

#9CCD39 #3952CD #B439CD

monochromatic

#546F1C #79A028 #9CCD39 #B4D96A #CDE69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9CCD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#9CCD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD39

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD39	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.179 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc79',
    500: '#9ccd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd39;
$custom-light: #bddc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.865,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78659,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD39

secondary

#493279

accent

#45E379

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD39

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

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