#9BCD51#9BCD51

#9BCD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.162 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCD51
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -35.53, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 65.55, 122.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1004 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.162 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8340, 51.2246, 15.7297)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCD51 #8351CD

analogous

#CDC151 #9BCD51 #5DCD51

triadic

#9BCD51 #519BCD #CD519B

tetradic

#9BCD51 #51CDC1 #8351CD #CD515D

square

#9BCD51 #51CDC1 #8351CD #CD515D

split-complementary

#9BCD51 #515DCD #C151CD

monochromatic

#5B7F25 #7CAF32 #9BCD51 #B6DB81 #D2E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9BCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9BCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD51

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCD51	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.162 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdc87',
    500: '#9bcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcd51;
$custom-light: #bbdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCD51

secondary

#5A3B87

accent

#49DF85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCD51

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

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