#9CD956#9CD956

#9CD956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.174 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD956
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -40.12, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 69.63, 125.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.1127 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.174 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2025, 57.3644, 17.7566)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD956 #9356D9

analogous

#D9D556 #9CD956 #5BD956

triadic

#9CD956 #569CD9 #D9569C

tetradic

#9CD956 #56D9D5 #9356D9 #D9565B

square

#9CD956 #56D9D5 #9356D9 #D9565B

split-complementary

#9CD956 #565BD9 #D556D9

monochromatic

#5E9321 #7EC52C #9CD956 #B9E488 #D7EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#9CD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#9CD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD956

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD956	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.174 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde58a',
    500: '#9cd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd956;
$custom-light: #bde58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.939,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81722,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD956

secondary

#663B98

accent

#41E68E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD956

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

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