#9BCA57#9BCA57

#9BCA57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.153 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCA57
RGB	rgb(155, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -33.62, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 61.51, 123.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0946 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.153 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3582, 49.8971, 16.7305)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCA57 #8657CA

analogous

#CAC057 #9BCA57 #62CA57

triadic

#9BCA57 #579BCA #CA579B

tetradic

#9BCA57 #57CAC0 #8657CA #CA5762

square

#9BCA57 #57CAC0 #8657CA #CA5762

split-complementary

#9BCA57 #5762CA #C057CA

monochromatic

#5B7F28 #7DAD37 #9BCA57 #B7D986 #D2E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9BCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9BCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCA57

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCA57	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.153 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbda8a',
    500: '#9bca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bca57;
$custom-light: #bbda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.522,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCA57

secondary

#BAA7D6

accent

#4CDB87

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12150C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCA57

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

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