#9FCC42#9FCC42

#9FCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.170 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCC42
RGB	rgb(159, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -34.68, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 70.29, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0996 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.17 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8745, 50.9495, 13.0447)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCC42 #6F42CC

analogous

#CCB442 #9FCC42 #5ACC42

triadic

#9FCC42 #429FCC #CC429F

tetradic

#9FCC42 #42CCB4 #6F42CC #CC425A

square

#9FCC42 #42CCB4 #6F42CC #CC425A

split-complementary

#9FCC42 #425ACC #B442CC

monochromatic

#59741F #7DA42C #9FCC42 #B7D972 #D0E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9FCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#9FCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCC42

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCC42	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.170 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdb7e',
    500: '#9fcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcc42;
$custom-light: #bfdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78688,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCC42

secondary

#4D357D

accent

#47E179

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCC42

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

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