#9CD457#9CD457

#9CD457 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.166 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD457
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -37.81, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 66.63, 124.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.1062 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.166 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9738, 54.8420, 17.5472)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD457 #8F57D4

analogous

#D4CD57 #9CD457 #5DD457

triadic

#9CD457 #579CD4 #D4579C

tetradic

#9CD457 #57D4CD #8F57D4 #D4575D

square

#9CD457 #57D4CD #8F57D4 #D4575D

split-complementary

#9CD457 #575DD4 #CD57D4

monochromatic

#5E8D24 #7EBD30 #9CD457 #B9E088 #D5EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9CD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#9CD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD457

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD457	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.166 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce18b',
    500: '#9cd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd457;
$custom-light: #bce18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.88,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD457

secondary

#633D93

accent

#45E28C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD457

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

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