#9CD857#9CD857

#9CD857 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.171 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD857
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -39.59, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 68.72, 125.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.1111 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.171 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9861, 56.8667, 17.8846)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD857 #9357D8

analogous

#D8D457 #9CD857 #5CD857

triadic

#9CD857 #579CD8 #D8579C

tetradic

#9CD857 #57D8D4 #9357D8 #D8575C

square

#9CD857 #57D8D4 #9357D8 #D8575C

split-complementary

#9CD857 #575CD8 #D457D8

monochromatic

#5E9322 #7EC42E #9CD857 #B9E489 #D7EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#9CD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD857

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD857	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.171 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce48b',
    500: '#9cd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd857;
$custom-light: #bce48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.907,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD857

secondary

#663C98

accent

#42E58E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD857

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

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