#9CD85B#9CD85B

#9CD85B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.168 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD85B
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(89, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -39.23, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 67.12, 125.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1098 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.168 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1541, 56.9339, 18.7692)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD85B #975BD8

analogous

#D8D55B #9CD85B #5ED85B

triadic

#9CD85B #5B9CD8 #D85B9C

tetradic

#9CD85B #5BD8D5 #975BD8 #D85B5E

square

#9CD85B #5BD8D5 #975BD8 #D85B5E

split-complementary

#9CD85B #5B5ED8 #D55BD8

monochromatic

#5F9523 #7EC72F #9CD85B #BAE48C #D8F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#9CD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD85B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD85B	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.168 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce48d',
    500: '#9cd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd85b;
$custom-light: #bce48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD85B

secondary

#6A3D9A

accent

#1CC96F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD85B

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

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