#9CCD42#9CCD42

#9CCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.173 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD42
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -36.29, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 71.14, 120.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.1038 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.173 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5251, 51.1233, 13.0967)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD42 #7342CD

analogous

#CDB842 #9CCD42 #56CD42

triadic

#9CCD42 #429CCD #CD429C

tetradic

#9CCD42 #42CDB8 #7342CD #CD4256

square

#9CCD42 #42CDB8 #7342CD #CD4256

split-complementary

#9CCD42 #4256CD #B842CD

monochromatic

#57761F #7BA62C #9CCD42 #B5DA72 #CFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9CCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9CCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD42

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD42	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)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.173 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc7e',
    500: '#9ccd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd42;
$custom-light: #bddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.151,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78725,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD42

secondary

#4F357E

accent

#46E17D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD42

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

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