#9CCD57#9CCD57

#9CCD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCD57
RGB	rgb(156, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -34.63, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 62.96, 123.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0974 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.157 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2617, 51.4179, 16.9765)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCD57 #8857CD

analogous

#CDC357 #9CCD57 #61CD57

triadic

#9CCD57 #579CCD #CD579C

tetradic

#9CCD57 #57CDC3 #8857CD #CD5761

square

#9CCD57 #57CDC3 #8857CD #CD5761

split-complementary

#9CCD57 #5761CD #C357CD

monochromatic

#5D8327 #7EB235 #9CCD57 #B8DB86 #D4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9CCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#9CCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCD57

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCD57	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdc8a',
    500: '#9ccd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccd57;
$custom-light: #bcdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.915,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78927,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCD57

secondary

#5E3E8A

accent

#4ADD87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCD57

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

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