#9CCD51#9CCD51

#9CCD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.162 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD51
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -35.15, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 65.41, 122.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0994 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.162 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0267, 51.3239, 15.7387)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD51 #8251CD

analogous

#CDC051 #9CCD51 #5ECD51

triadic

#9CCD51 #519CCD #CD519C

tetradic

#9CCD51 #51CDC0 #8251CD #CD515E

square

#9CCD51 #51CDC0 #8251CD #CD515E

split-complementary

#9CCD51 #515ECD #C051CD

monochromatic

#5B7F25 #7DAF32 #9CCD51 #B7DB81 #D2E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9CCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9CCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD51

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD51	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.162 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc87',
    500: '#9ccd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd51;
$custom-light: #bcdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78863,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD51

secondary

#593B87

accent

#49DF84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD51

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

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