#9FCC38#9FCC38

#9FCC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.177 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCC38
RGB	rgb(159, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -35.29, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 73.74, 118.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1021 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.177 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6050, 50.8417, 11.6255)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCC38 #6538CC

analogous

#CCAF38 #9FCC38 #55CC38

triadic

#9FCC38 #389FCC #CC389F

tetradic

#9FCC38 #38CCAF #6538CC #CC3855

square

#9FCC38 #38CCAF #6538CC #CC3855

split-complementary

#9FCC38 #3855CC #AF38CC

monochromatic

#556E1C #7A9E29 #9FCC38 #B7D869 #CEE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9FCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#9FCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCC38

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCC38	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.177 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdb79',
    500: '#9fcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcc38;
$custom-light: #bfdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCC38

secondary

#463177

accent

#45E275

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCC38

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

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