#9CD557#9CD557

#9CD557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.167 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD557
RGB	rgb(156, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -38.25, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 67.16, 124.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.1075 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.167 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2245, 55.3435, 17.6308)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD557 #9057D5

analogous

#D5CF57 #9CD557 #5DD557

triadic

#9CD557 #579CD5 #D5579C

tetradic

#9CD557 #57D5CF #9057D5 #D5575D

square

#9CD557 #57D5CF #9057D5 #D5575D

split-complementary

#9CD557 #575DD5 #CF57D5

monochromatic

#5E8E24 #7EBF30 #9CD557 #B9E188 #D6EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9CD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#9CD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD557

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD557	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.167 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce28b',
    500: '#9cd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd557;
$custom-light: #bce28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80796,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD557

secondary

#643C94

accent

#45E38C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD557

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

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