#9BC557#9BC557

#9BC557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC557
RGB	rgb(155, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -31.29, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 58.86, 122.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0881 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.146 127)
XYZ	xyz(35.2040, 47.5887, 16.3458)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC557 #8157C5

analogous

#C5B857 #9BC557 #64C557

triadic

#9BC557 #579BC5 #C5579B

tetradic

#9BC557 #57C5B8 #8157C5 #C55764

square

#9BC557 #57C5B8 #8157C5 #C55764

split-complementary

#9BC557 #5764C5 #B857C5

monochromatic

#5A7829 #7CA639 #9BC557 #B6D584 #D1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9BC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#9BC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC557

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC557	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd68a',
    500: '#9bc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc557;
$custom-light: #bbd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.909,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76997,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.47589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC557

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#50D884

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC557

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

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