#9CD251#9CD251

#9CD251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.168 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD251
RGB	rgb(156, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -37.42, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 67.99, 123.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1057 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.168 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2419, 53.7543, 16.1438)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD251 #8751D2

analogous

#D2C751 #9CD251 #5CD251

triadic

#9CD251 #519CD2 #D2519C

tetradic

#9CD251 #51D2C7 #8751D2 #D2515C

square

#9CD251 #51D2C7 #8751D2 #D2515C

split-complementary

#9CD251 #515CD2 #C751D2

monochromatic

#5C8623 #7EB72F #9CD251 #B8DF82 #D3EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9CD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#9CD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD251

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD251	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.168 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce087',
    500: '#9cd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd251;
$custom-light: #bce087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.116,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80032,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD251

secondary

#5D3B8D

accent

#46E287

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD251

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

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