#9CDB5B#9CDB5B

#9CDB5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.172 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDB5B
RGB	rgb(156, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(90, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -40.56, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 68.69, 126.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.1135 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.172 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9297, 58.4851, 19.0278)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDB5B #9A5BDB

analogous

#DBDA5B #9CDB5B #5CDB5B

triadic

#9CDB5B #5B9CDB #DB5B9C

tetradic

#9CDB5B #5BDBDA #9A5BDB #DB5B5C

square

#9CDB5B #5BDBDA #9A5BDB #DB5B5C

split-complementary

#9CDB5B #5B5CDB #DA5BDB

monochromatic

#5F9A22 #7ECC2D #9CDB5B #BAE68D #D9F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#9CDB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#9CDB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDB5B

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDB5B	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.172 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde68e',
    500: '#9cdb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdb5b;
$custom-light: #bde68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.531,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDB5B

secondary

#6C3C9E

accent

#1ACC71

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDB5B

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

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