#9CD256#9CD256

#9CD256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.164 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD256
RGB	rgb(156, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -36.99, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 65.99, 124.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.1041 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.164 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4364, 53.8321, 17.1679)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD256 #8C56D2

analogous

#D2CA56 #9CD256 #5ED256

triadic

#9CD256 #569CD2 #D2569C

tetradic

#9CD256 #56D2CA #8C56D2 #D2565E

square

#9CD256 #56D2CA #8C56D2 #D2565E

split-complementary

#9CD256 #565ED2 #CA56D2

monochromatic

#5D8925 #7EB931 #9CD256 #B8DF86 #D5ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9CD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#9CD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD256

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD256	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.164 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce08a',
    500: '#9cd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd256;
$custom-light: #bce08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.129,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD256

secondary

#613D90

accent

#47E18A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD256

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

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