#9CDC40#9CDC40

#9CDC40 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.193 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDC40
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 64)
HSL	hsl(85, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(85, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -43.06, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 79.08, 122.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.1225 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.193 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2288, 58.6234, 14.0454)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDC40 #8040DC

analogous

#DCCE40 #9CDC40 #4EDC40

triadic

#9CDC40 #409CDC #DC409C

tetradic

#9CDC40 #40DCCE #8040DC #DC404E

square

#9CDC40 #40DCCE #8040DC #DC404E

split-complementary

#9CDC40 #404EDC #CE40DC

monochromatic

#5B8919 #7DBC23 #9CDC40 #B7E574 #D2EFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#9CDC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#9CDC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDC40

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDC40	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.193 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee77e',
    500: '#9cdc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdc40;
$custom-light: #bee77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82237,
    "c": 0.19289,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDC40

secondary

#58328F

accent

#3CEC84

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDC40

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

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