#9CC951#9CC951

#9CC951 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.157 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC951
RGB	rgb(156, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -33.31, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 63.35, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0943 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.157 127)
XYZ	xyz(36.0821, 49.4347, 15.4239)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC951 #7E51C9

analogous

#C9BA51 #9CC951 #60C951

triadic

#9CC951 #519CC9 #C9519C

tetradic

#9CC951 #51C9BA #7E51C9 #C95160

square

#9CC951 #51C9BA #7E51C9 #C95160

split-complementary

#9CC951 #5160C9 #BA51C9

monochromatic

#5A7A26 #7DA934 #9CC951 #B7D780 #D1E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9CC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9CC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC951

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC951	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.157 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd986',
    500: '#9cc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc951;
$custom-light: #bcd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.49435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC951

secondary

#B5A2D4

accent

#4CDC82

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140B

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC951

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

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