#9CD356#9CD356

#9CD356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.166 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD356
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -37.44, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 66.51, 124.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1053 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.166 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6840, 54.3274, 17.2504)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD356 #8D56D3

analogous

#D3CB56 #9CD356 #5DD356

triadic

#9CD356 #569CD3 #D3569C

tetradic

#9CD356 #56D3CB #8D56D3 #D3565D

square

#9CD356 #56D3CB #8D56D3 #D3565D

split-complementary

#9CD356 #565DD3 #CB56D3

monochromatic

#5D8B24 #7EBB31 #9CD356 #B8E087 #D5ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9CD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#9CD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD356

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD356	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.166 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce08a',
    500: '#9cd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd356;
$custom-light: #bce08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80317,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD356

secondary

#623C91

accent

#46E28B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD356

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

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