#9CC457#9CC457

#9CC457 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC457
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -30.43, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 58.20, 121.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0858 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.145 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1705, 47.2354, 16.2794)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC457 #7F57C4

analogous

#C4B557 #9CC457 #65C457

triadic

#9CC457 #579CC4 #C4579C

tetradic

#9CC457 #57C4B5 #7F57C4 #C45765

square

#9CC457 #57C4B5 #7F57C4 #C45765

split-complementary

#9CC457 #5765C4 #B557C4

monochromatic

#5B772A #7DA43A #9CC457 #B7D484 #D1E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#9CC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC457

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC457	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd68a',
    500: '#9cc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc457;
$custom-light: #bbd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.018,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC457

secondary

#B5A5D2

accent

#50D882

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC457

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

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