#9CED5D#9CED5D

#9CED5D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.194 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED5D
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 93)
HSL	hsl(94, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(94, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -48.12, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 77.25, 128.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.1341 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.194 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9694, 68.4247, 21.1390)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED5D #AE5DED

analogous

#E4ED5D #9CED5D #5DED66

triadic

#9CED5D #5D9CED #ED5D9C

tetradic

#9CED5D #5DE4ED #AE5DED #ED665D

square

#9CED5D #5DE4ED #AE5DED #ED665D

split-complementary

#9CED5D #665DED #ED5DE4

monochromatic

#5DBB15 #7AE726 #9CED5D #BEF394 #DFF9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9CED5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#9CED5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED5D

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED5D	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.194 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef390',
    500: '#9ced5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced5d;
$custom-light: #bef390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.75,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86487,
    "c": 0.194,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED5D

secondary

#7F34BA

accent

#09DC80

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED5D

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

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