#9CEC57#9CEC57

#9CEC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.197 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CEC57
RGB	rgb(156, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(92, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -48.21, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 78.97, 127.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.1348 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.197 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4253, 67.7451, 19.6977)
Luminance	0.6775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CEC57 #A757EC

analogous

#E6EC57 #9CEC57 #57EC5C

triadic

#9CEC57 #579CEC #EC579C

tetradic

#9CEC57 #57E6EC #A757EC #EC5C57

square

#9CEC57 #57E6EC #A757EC #EC5C57

split-complementary

#9CEC57 #5C57EC #EC57E6

monochromatic

#5EB414 #7CE620 #9CEC57 #BCF28E #DDF8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#9CEC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#9CEC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CEC57

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CEC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CEC57	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DE3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.197 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef28c',
    500: '#9cec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cec57;
$custom-light: #bef28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.215,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86194,
    "c": 0.19726,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CEC57

secondary

#7833B4

accent

#0ADC7B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CEC57

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

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