#9CCD55#9CCD55

#9CCD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.158 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD55
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -34.81, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 63.79, 123.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0981 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.158 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1812, 51.3857, 16.5521)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD55 #8655CD

analogous

#CDC255 #9CCD55 #60CD55

triadic

#9CCD55 #559CCD #CD559C

tetradic

#9CCD55 #55CDC2 #8655CD #CD5560

square

#9CCD55 #55CDC2 #8655CD #CD5560

split-complementary

#9CCD55 #5560CD #C255CD

monochromatic

#5C8226 #7EB134 #9CCD55 #B8DB84 #D3E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9CCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#9CCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD55

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD55	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.158 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc89',
    500: '#9ccd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd55;
$custom-light: #bcdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD55

secondary

#5C3D89

accent

#4ADE86

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD55

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

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