#9CCE40#9CCE40

#9CCE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.176 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCE40
RGB	rgb(156, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -36.87, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 72.34, 120.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.1056 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.176 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7071, 51.5800, 12.8715)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCE40 #7240CE

analogous

#CEB940 #9CCE40 #55CE40

triadic

#9CCE40 #409CCE #CE409C

tetradic

#9CCE40 #40CEB9 #7240CE #CE4055

square

#9CCE40 #40CEB9 #7240CE #CE4055

split-complementary

#9CCE40 #4055CE #B940CE

monochromatic

#57751E #7BA62B #9CCE40 #B5DA71 #CEE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9CCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9CCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCE40

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCE40	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.176 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd7d',
    500: '#9cce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cce40;
$custom-light: #bddd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.127,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78944,
    "c": 0.17568,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCE40

secondary

#4E347E

accent

#45E27D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCE40

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

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