#9CD957#9CD957

#9CD957 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.173 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD957
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -40.04, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 69.24, 125.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1124 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.173 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2431, 57.3806, 17.9703)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD957 #9457D9

analogous

#D9D557 #9CD957 #5BD957

triadic

#9CD957 #579CD9 #D9579C

tetradic

#9CD957 #57D9D5 #9457D9 #D9575B

square

#9CD957 #57D9D5 #9457D9 #D9575B

split-complementary

#9CD957 #575BD9 #D557D9

monochromatic

#5E9421 #7EC62D #9CD957 #B9E489 #D7F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#9CD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#9CD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD957

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD957	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.173 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde58b',
    500: '#9cd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd957;
$custom-light: #bde58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81732,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD957

secondary

#673B99

accent

#42E68F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD957

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

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