#9CD161#9CD161

#9CD161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD161
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -35.49, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 60.88, 125.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.099 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.153 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6680, 53.5310, 19.6022)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD161 #9661D1

analogous

#D1CE61 #9CD161 #64D161

triadic

#9CD161 #619CD1 #D1619C

tetradic

#9CD161 #61D1CE #9661D1 #D16164

square

#9CD161 #61D1CE #9661D1 #D16164

split-complementary

#9CD161 #6164D1 #CE61D1

monochromatic

#5E8E29 #7EBE37 #9CD161 #BADF90 #D7EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9CD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#9CD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD161

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD161	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdf91',
    500: '#9cd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd161;
$custom-light: #bcdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.393,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79977,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD161

secondary

#694294

accent

#4ADE90

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD161

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

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