#9CD16B#9CD16B

#9CD16B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.144 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD16B
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(91, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 48.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -34.42, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 56.54, 127.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0953 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.144 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1640, 53.7294, 22.2145)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD16B #A06BD1

analogous

#CFD16B #9CD16B #6BD16D

triadic

#9CD16B #6B9CD1 #D16B9C

tetradic

#9CD16B #6BCFD1 #A06BD1 #D16D6B

square

#9CD16B #6BCFD1 #A06BD1 #D16D6B

split-complementary

#9CD16B #6D6BD1 #D16BCF

monochromatic

#5F942E #7DC23C #9CD16B #BBE09A #DAEEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9CD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#9CD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD16B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD16B	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.144 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdf97',
    500: '#9cd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd16b;
$custom-light: #bbdf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.176,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80108,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD16B

secondary

#724799

accent

#26C076

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF5

border

#D1D5CF

text

#12150E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD16B

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

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