#9CED56#9CED56

#9CED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.199 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED56
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(92, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -48.71, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 79.83, 127.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.1362 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.199 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6735, 68.3063, 19.5802)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED56 #A756ED

analogous

#E8ED56 #9CED56 #56ED5B

triadic

#9CED56 #569CED #ED569C

tetradic

#9CED56 #56E8ED #A756ED #ED5B56

square

#9CED56 #56E8ED #A756ED #ED5B56

split-complementary

#9CED56 #5B56ED #ED56E8

monochromatic

#5EB513 #7CE71F #9CED56 #BCF38D #DDF9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9CED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#9CED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED56

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED56	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DE4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.199 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef38c',
    500: '#9ced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced56;
$custom-light: #bef38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.185,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8642,
    "c": 0.19925,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED56

secondary

#7832B5

accent

#08DD7A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED56

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

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