#9CD357#9CD357

#9CD357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.165 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD357
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -37.36, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 66.11, 124.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.105 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.165 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7246, 54.3436, 17.4641)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD357 #8E57D3

analogous

#D3CC57 #9CD357 #5ED357

triadic

#9CD357 #579CD3 #D3579C

tetradic

#9CD357 #57D3CC #8E57D3 #D3575E

square

#9CD357 #57D3CC #8E57D3 #D3575E

split-complementary

#9CD357 #575ED3 #CC57D3

monochromatic

#5E8B24 #7EBC31 #9CD357 #B9E087 #D5ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9CD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#9CD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD357

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD357	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.165 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce08b',
    500: '#9cd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd357;
$custom-light: #bce08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.613,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80328,
    "c": 0.16478,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD357

secondary

#623D91

accent

#46E28B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD357

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

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