#9BDD56#9BDD56

#9BDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.179 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BDD56
RGB	rgb(155, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(89, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -42.24, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 71.85, 126.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.1184 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.179 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0533, 59.3521, 18.0954)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BDD56 #9856DD

analogous

#DDDB56 #9BDD56 #58DD56

triadic

#9BDD56 #569BDD #DD569B

tetradic

#9BDD56 #56DDDB #9856DD #DD5658

square

#9BDD56 #56DDDB #9856DD #DD5658

split-complementary

#9BDD56 #5658DD #DB56DD

monochromatic

#5E9A1F #7DCD29 #9BDD56 #B9E789 #D7F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9BDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#9BDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BDD56

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BDD56	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.179 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce88b',
    500: '#9bdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bdd56;
$custom-light: #bce88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82601,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BDD56

secondary

#6A3A9E

accent

#17CE71

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BDD56

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

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