#9CD656#9CD656

#9CD656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.170 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD656
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -38.79, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 68.08, 124.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.109 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.17 130)
XYZ	xyz(39.4363, 55.8319, 17.5012)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD656 #9056D6

analogous

#D6D056 #9CD656 #5CD656

triadic

#9CD656 #569CD6 #D6569C

tetradic

#9CD656 #56D6D0 #9056D6 #D6565C

square

#9CD656 #56D6D0 #9056D6 #D6565C

split-complementary

#9CD656 #565CD6 #D056D6

monochromatic

#5E8F23 #7EC02F #9CD656 #B9E287 #D6EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#9CD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#9CD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD656

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD656	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.170 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce38a',
    500: '#9cd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd656;
$custom-light: #bce38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.188,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.55833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD656

secondary

#643C95

accent

#44E48C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD656

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

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