#9CD856#9CD856

#9CD856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.172 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD856
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -39.68, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 69.11, 125.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.1115 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.172 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9455, 56.8504, 17.6709)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD856 #9256D8

analogous

#D8D356 #9CD856 #5BD856

triadic

#9CD856 #569CD8 #D8569C

tetradic

#9CD856 #56D8D3 #9256D8 #D8565B

square

#9CD856 #56D8D3 #9256D8 #D8565B

split-complementary

#9CD856 #565BD8 #D356D8

monochromatic

#5E9222 #7EC42D #9CD856 #B9E388 #D6EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#9CD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD856

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD856	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.172 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde48a',
    500: '#9cd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd856;
$custom-light: #bde48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81488,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD856

secondary

#663B97

accent

#42E68E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD856

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

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