#9CED57#9CED57

#9CED57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.199 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED57
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(92, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(92, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -48.63, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 79.47, 127.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.1359 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.199 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7140, 68.3226, 19.7939)
Luminance	0.6832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED57 #A857ED

analogous

#E7ED57 #9CED57 #57ED5D

triadic

#9CED57 #579CED #ED579C

tetradic

#9CED57 #57E7ED #A857ED #ED5D57

square

#9CED57 #57E7ED #A857ED #ED5D57

split-complementary

#9CED57 #5D57ED #ED57E7

monochromatic

#5EB614 #7BE720 #9CED57 #BDF38E #DDF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9CED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#9CED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED57

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED57	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)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DE4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.199 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef38c',
    500: '#9ced57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced57;
$custom-light: #bef38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86429,
    "c": 0.19852,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED57

secondary

#7933B6

accent

#09DD7B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED57

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

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