#9CD456#9CD456

#9CD456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.167 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD456
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -37.89, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 67.04, 124.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1065 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.167 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9332, 54.8258, 17.3335)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD456 #8E56D4

analogous

#D4CD56 #9CD456 #5DD456

triadic

#9CD456 #569CD4 #D4569C

tetradic

#9CD456 #56D4CD #8E56D4 #D4565D

square

#9CD456 #56D4CD #8E56D4 #D4565D

split-complementary

#9CD456 #565DD4 #CD56D4

monochromatic

#5E8C24 #7EBD30 #9CD456 #B9E087 #D5EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9CD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#9CD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD456

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD456	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.167 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce18a',
    500: '#9cd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd456;
$custom-light: #bce18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD456

secondary

#623C92

accent

#45E38B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD456

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

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