#9CD551#9CD551

#9CD551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.172 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD551
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(86, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -38.77, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 69.53, 123.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1094 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.172 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9895, 55.2495, 16.3930)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD551 #8A51D5

analogous

#D5CC51 #9CD551 #5AD551

triadic

#9CD551 #519CD5 #D5519C

tetradic

#9CD551 #51D5CC #8A51D5 #D5515A

square

#9CD551 #51D5CC #8A51D5 #D5515A

split-complementary

#9CD551 #515AD5 #CC51D5

monochromatic

#5D8A21 #7EBC2D #9CD551 #B8E182 #D4EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9CD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#9CD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD551

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD551	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.172 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde287',
    500: '#9cd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd551;
$custom-light: #bde287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80735,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD551

secondary

#5F3A90

accent

#44E489

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD551

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

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