#9CD157#9CD157

#9CD157 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.162 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD157
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -36.45, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 65.06, 124.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1025 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.162 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2308, 53.3561, 17.2995)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD157 #8C57D1

analogous

#D1C957 #9CD157 #5FD157

triadic

#9CD157 #579CD1 #D1579C

tetradic

#9CD157 #57D1C9 #8C57D1 #D1575F

square

#9CD157 #57D1C9 #8C57D1 #D1575F

split-complementary

#9CD157 #575FD1 #C957D1

monochromatic

#5D8825 #7EB832 #9CD157 #B8DE87 #D5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9CD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#9CD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD157

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD157	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.162 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdf8a',
    500: '#9cd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd157;
$custom-light: #bcdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.066,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7986,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD157

secondary

#613D8F

accent

#48E08A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD157

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

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