#9CDC57#9CDC57

#9CDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.177 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDC57
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(89, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -41.36, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 70.79, 125.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.116 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.177 131)
XYZ	xyz(41.0234, 58.9412, 18.2304)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDC57 #9757DC

analogous

#DCD957 #9CDC57 #5ADC57

triadic

#9CDC57 #579CDC #DC579C

tetradic

#9CDC57 #57DCD9 #9757DC #DC575A

square

#9CDC57 #57DCD9 #9757DC #DC575A

split-complementary

#9CDC57 #575ADC #D957DC

monochromatic

#5F9920 #7ECB2A #9CDC57 #BAE78A #D8F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9CDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#9CDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDC57

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDC57	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.177 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde78b',
    500: '#9cdc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdc57;
$custom-light: #bde78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.872,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.58942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDC57

secondary

#6A3A9D

accent

#18CD6F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDC57

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

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