HEX atlas value

#9CD454

#9CD454 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pistachio. RGB 156, 212, 84, HSL 86° 60% 58%, luminance 0.5479; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone

#9CD454 Sample readable text

HEX #9CD454

RGB rgb(156, 212, 84)

HSL hsl(86 60% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(26, 0, 60, 17)

Luminance 0.5479

Contrast Black 11.96:1White 1.76:1

CSS

--color-9cd454: #9CD454;
.background-9cd454 { background-color: #9CD454; }
.text-9cd454 { color: #9CD454; }

HEX meaning and use

About #9CD454

#9CD454 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone visual character. #9CD454 is visually closest to Pistachio, a named green color with HEX #93C572.

The RGB channels are 156, 212, and 84, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 86deg with 60% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.5479, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 34.73, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.96:1AA Pass

White text1.76:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9CD454 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.96:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.76:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C7E79D#C7E79D · #000000 text · best 15.35:1 #A0EC3C#A0EC3C · #000000 text · best 14.56:1 #D4CC54#D4CC54 · #000000 text · best 12.56:1 Yellow Green#9ACD32 · #000000 text · best 11.15:1 #5CD454#5CD454 · #000000 text · best 11:1

Generated Palette

#9CD454#9CD454

#8B54D4#8B54D4

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#5CD454#5CD454

#C7E79D#C7E79D

#6EA329#6EA329

Color Harmonies

#8B54D4#8B54D4

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#5CD454#5CD454

#549CD4#549CD4

#D4549C#D4549C

Variants

#C7E79D#C7E79D

#6EA329#6EA329

#A0EC3C#A0EC3C

#99BD6B#99BD6B

#D6E7C0#D6E7C0

#B4FF52#B4FF52

Nearest Named Colors

Pistachio#93C572

Yellow Green#9ACD32

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Brass#B5A642

Brushed Brass#B5A642

Luminance0.5479

Black text11.96:1AA Pass

White text1.76:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9CD454","rgb":[156,212,84],"hsl":[86,60,58],"cmyk":[26,0,60,17],"luminance":0.5479,"contrast":{"black":11.96,"white":1.76}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.96,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.76,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C7E79D","hex":"#C7E79D","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.35,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A0EC3C","hex":"#A0EC3C","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.56,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#D4CC54","hex":"#D4CC54","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.56,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Yellow Green","hex":"#9ACD32","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.15,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#5CD454","hex":"#5CD454","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11,"contrastWhite":1.91,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","earth tone green","Pistachio adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9cd454.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pistachio.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-khaki.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8B54D4","analogous":["#D4CC54","#5CD454"],"triadic":["#549CD4","#D4549C"],"tetradic":["#54D4CC","#8B54D4","#D4545C"],"splitComplementary":["#545CD4","#CC54D4"],"monochromatic":["#C7E79D","#9CD454","#6EA329"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C7E79D","dark":"#6EA329","saturated":"#A0EC3C","desaturated":"#99BD6B","pastel":"#D6E7C0","neon":"#B4FF52"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pistachio","name":"Pistachio","hex":"#93C572","distance":34.72751070837067},{"slug":"yellow-green","name":"Yellow Green","hex":"#9ACD32","distance":34.77067730142742},{"slug":"dark-khaki","name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","distance":49.58830507286975},{"slug":"brass","name":"Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":55.362442142665635},{"slug":"brushed-brass","name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":55.362442142665635}]

#9CD454

CSS

About #9CD454

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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