#9CD255#9CD255

#9CD255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.165 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD255
RGB	rgb(156, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(86, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -37.08, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 66.40, 123.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.1044 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.165 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3964, 53.8161, 16.9572)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD255 #8B55D2

analogous

#D2CA55 #9CD255 #5DD255

triadic

#9CD255 #559CD2 #D2559C

tetradic

#9CD255 #55D2CA #8B55D2 #D2555D

square

#9CD255 #55D2CA #8B55D2 #D2555D

split-complementary

#9CD255 #555DD2 #CA55D2

monochromatic

#5D8824 #7EB931 #9CD255 #B8DF85 #D4ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9CD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#9CD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD255

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD255	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.165 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce089',
    500: '#9cd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd255;
$custom-light: #bce089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.92,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD255

secondary

#603C8F

accent

#46E189

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD255

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

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