#9CED5B#9CED5B
#9CED5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.196 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CED5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 237, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.20, -48.29, 61.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.20, 78.00, 128.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.47% -0.1347 0.1417) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.47% 0.196 133.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8820, 68.3897, 20.6786) |
| Luminance | 0.6839 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 2.34
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 2.45
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.76
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 2.99
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 3.57
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CED5B #AC5BED
analogous
#E5ED5B #9CED5B #5BED63
triadic
#9CED5B #5B9CED #ED5B9C
tetradic
#9CED5B #5BE5ED #AC5BED #ED635B
square
#9CED5B #5BE5ED #AC5BED #ED635B
split-complementary
#9CED5B #635BED #ED5BE5
monochromatic
#5EB914 #7BE724 #9CED5B #BDF392 #DFF9C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.43
#9CED5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.68
#9CED5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CED5B
14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CED5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CED5B | 1.00 | 1.43 | 14.68 | 14.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD566
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9CE4CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ced5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.196 133.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bef38f',
500: '#9ced5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ced5b; $custom-light: #bef38f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ced5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 237,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 93.288,
"s": 80.22,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86467,
"c": 0.19553,
"h": 133.6
},
"luminance": 0.68392
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CED5B
secondary
#7D34B8
accent
#09DD7E
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#13170D
muted
#82857F