#9CDC51#9CDC51

#9CDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.181 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDC51
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(88, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -41.86, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 73.09, 124.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.1179 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.181 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7884, 58.8472, 16.9926)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDC51 #9151DC

analogous

#DCD751 #9CDC51 #57DC51

triadic

#9CDC51 #519CDC #DC519C

tetradic

#9CDC51 #51DCD7 #9151DC #DC5157

square

#9CDC51 #51DCD7 #9151DC #DC5157

split-complementary

#9CDC51 #5157DC #D751DC

monochromatic

#5E951E #7EC828 #9CDC51 #B9E684 #D6F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9CDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#9CDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDC51

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDC51	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.181 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde788',
    500: '#9cdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdc51;
$custom-light: #bde788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.626,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.1813,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDC51

secondary

#653899

accent

#3EE98D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDC51

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

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