#9CCE51#9CCE51

#9CCE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.163 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCE51
RGB	rgb(156, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -35.61, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 65.93, 122.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.1007 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.163 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2667, 51.8039, 15.8187)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCE51 #8351CE

analogous

#CEC251 #9CCE51 #5ECE51

triadic

#9CCE51 #519CCE #CE519C

tetradic

#9CCE51 #51CEC2 #8351CE #CE515E

square

#9CCE51 #51CEC2 #8351CE #CE515E

split-complementary

#9CCE51 #515ECE #C251CE

monochromatic

#5C8024 #7EB032 #9CCE51 #B7DB81 #D2E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9CCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#9CCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCE51

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCE51	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.163 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdd87',
    500: '#9cce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cce51;
$custom-light: #bcdd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCE51

secondary

#5A3B88

accent

#48DF85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCE51

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

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