#9CCE42#9CCE42

#9CCE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.174 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCE42
RGB	rgb(156, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -36.74, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 71.63, 120.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1051 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.174 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7650, 51.6032, 13.1766)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCE42 #7442CE

analogous

#CEBA42 #9CCE42 #56CE42

triadic

#9CCE42 #429CCE #CE429C

tetradic

#9CCE42 #42CEBA #7442CE #CE4256

square

#9CCE42 #42CEBA #7442CE #CE4256

split-complementary

#9CCE42 #4256CE #BA42CE

monochromatic

#57771F #7BA72B #9CCE42 #B5DB73 #CFE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9CCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9CCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCE42

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCE42	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.174 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd7e',
    500: '#9cce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cce42;
$custom-light: #bddd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7896,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCE42

secondary

#4F357F

accent

#46E27E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCE42

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

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