#9CD14E#9CD14E
#9CD14E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.169 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CD14E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 209, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 59%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 63%, 82%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.00, -37.21, 57.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.00, 68.65, 122.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.77% -0.1053 0.1327) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.77% 0.169 128.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.8858, 53.2181, 15.4823) |
| Luminance | 0.5322 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 2.79
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 4.98
Apple Green
#76CD26
ΔE00 5.06
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 5.68
Apple
#6ECB3C
ΔE00 5.93
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 6.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CD14E #834ED1
analogous
#D1C54E #9CD14E #5BD14E
triadic
#9CD14E #4E9CD1 #D14E9C
tetradic
#9CD14E #4ED1C5 #834ED1 #D14E5B
square
#9CD14E #4ED1C5 #834ED1 #D14E5B
split-complementary
#9CD14E #4E5BD1 #C54ED1
monochromatic
#5C8322 #7EB32F #9CD14E #B7DE7F #D2EAAF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.80
#9CD14E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.64
#9CD14E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CD14E
11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CD14E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CD14E | 1.00 | 1.80 | 11.64 | 11.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC33E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C058
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A1C8B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9cd14e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.169 128.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcdf85',
500: '#9cd14e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9cd14e; $custom-light: #bcdf85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9cd14e",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 209,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 84.275,
"s": 58.744,
"l": 56.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79768,
"c": 0.16941,
"h": 128.5
},
"luminance": 0.53219
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CD14E
secondary
#5A398A
accent
#46E285
background
#FDFEFB
surface
#F9FCF2
border
#D2D5CC
text
#12150B
muted
#82847E