#9CC357#9CC357

#9CC357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC357
RGB	rgb(156, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -29.96, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 57.67, 121.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0845 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.143 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9457, 46.7858, 16.2045)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC357 #7E57C3

analogous

#C3B457 #9CC357 #66C357

triadic

#9CC357 #579CC3 #C3579C

tetradic

#9CC357 #57C3B4 #7E57C3 #C35766

square

#9CC357 #57C3B4 #7E57C3 #C35766

split-complementary

#9CC357 #5766C3 #B457C3

monochromatic

#5A762A #7DA33A #9CC357 #B7D384 #D1E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#9CC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#9CC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC357

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC357	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd58a',
    500: '#9cc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc357;
$custom-light: #bbd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.766,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC357

secondary

#B5A4D1

accent

#51D781

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC357

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

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