#9CED72#9CED72

#9CED72 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.176 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED72
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(100, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(100, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -46.03, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 68.98, 131.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.1269 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.176 136)
XYZ	xyz(47.0306, 68.8492, 26.7275)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Green

#96F97B

ΔE00 2.94

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED72 #C372ED

analogous

#DAED72 #9CED72 #72ED86

triadic

#9CED72 #729CED #ED729C

tetradic

#9CED72 #72DAED #C372ED #ED8672

square

#9CED72 #72DAED #C372ED #ED8672

split-complementary

#9CED72 #8672ED #ED72DA

monochromatic

#56CB1A #76E63C #9CED72 #C2F4A8 #E8FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9CED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#9CED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED72

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED72	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AE5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.176 136.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf39d',
    500: '#9ced72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced72;
$custom-light: #bdf39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.512,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86727,
    "c": 0.17639,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.68851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED72

secondary

#973EC6

accent

#0CDA93

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#12170E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED72

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

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