#9CD978#9CD978

#9CD978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD978
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(98, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(98, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -36.52, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 55.32, 131.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1004 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.142 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9124, 58.0483, 26.7618)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD978 #B578D9

analogous

#CCD978 #9CD978 #78D984

triadic

#9CD978 #789CD9 #D9789C

tetradic

#9CD978 #78CCD9 #B578D9 #D98478

square

#9CD978 #78CCD9 #B578D9 #D98478

split-complementary

#9CD978 #8478D9 #D978CC

monochromatic

#5CA72F #79CC48 #9CD978 #BFE6A8 #E2F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9CD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#9CD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD978

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD978	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe5a0',
    500: '#9cd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd978;
$custom-light: #bbe5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.732,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82155,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD978

secondary

#874AAB

accent

#22C488

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF5

border

#D1D5CF

text

#12150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD978

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

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