#9CD156#9CD156

#9CD156 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.163 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD156
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -36.54, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 65.47, 123.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1028 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.163 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1902, 53.3399, 17.0858)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD156 #8B56D1

analogous

#D1C956 #9CD156 #5ED156

triadic

#9CD156 #569CD1 #D1569C

tetradic

#9CD156 #56D1C9 #8B56D1 #D1565E

square

#9CD156 #56D1C9 #8B56D1 #D1565E

split-complementary

#9CD156 #565ED1 #C956D1

monochromatic

#5D8825 #7EB832 #9CD156 #B8DE86 #D4EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9CD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#9CD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD156

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD156	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.163 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdf8a',
    500: '#9cd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd156;
$custom-light: #bcdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.854,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7985,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD156

secondary

#603D8E

accent

#47E089

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD156

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

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