#9CCD40#9CCD40

#9CCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.174 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD40
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -36.42, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 71.86, 120.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.1044 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.174 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4671, 51.1001, 12.7915)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD40 #7140CD

analogous

#CDB740 #9CCD40 #55CD40

triadic

#9CCD40 #409CCD #CD409C

tetradic

#9CCD40 #40CDB7 #7140CD #CD4055

square

#9CCD40 #40CDB7 #7140CD #CD4055

split-complementary

#9CCD40 #4055CD #B740CD

monochromatic

#56741E #7AA52B #9CCD40 #B5DA71 #CEE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9CCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9CCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD40

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD40	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.174 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc7d',
    500: '#9ccd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd40;
$custom-light: #bddc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.851,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD40

secondary

#4E347D

accent

#46E27C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD40

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

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