#9CC657#9CC657

#9CC657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC657
RGB	rgb(156, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -31.38, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 59.26, 121.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0884 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.147 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6246, 48.1437, 16.4308)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC657 #8157C6

analogous

#C6B857 #9CC657 #64C657

triadic

#9CC657 #579CC6 #C6579C

tetradic

#9CC657 #57C6B8 #8157C6 #C65764

square

#9CC657 #57C6B8 #8157C6 #C65764

split-complementary

#9CC657 #5764C6 #B857C6

monochromatic

#5B7929 #7DA739 #9CC657 #B7D685 #D2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9CC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#9CC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC657

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC657	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd78a',
    500: '#9cc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc657;
$custom-light: #bcd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.703,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC657

secondary

#B7A5D3

accent

#4FD983

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC657

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

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