#9CED5E#9CED5E

#9CED5E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.193 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED5E
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(94, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(94, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -48.03, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 76.87, 128.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.1338 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.193 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0140, 68.4425, 21.3738)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED5E #AF5EED

analogous

#E3ED5E #9CED5E #5EED68

triadic

#9CED5E #5E9CED #ED5E9C

tetradic

#9CED5E #5EE3ED #AF5EED #ED685E

square

#9CED5E #5EE3ED #AF5EED #ED685E

split-complementary

#9CED5E #685EED #ED5EE3

monochromatic

#5DBC15 #7AE727 #9CED5E #BEF395 #E0F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9CED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#9CED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED5E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED5E	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.193 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef391',
    500: '#9ced5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced5e;
$custom-light: #bef391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.986,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86497,
    "c": 0.19322,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED5E

secondary

#8035BA

accent

#09DC81

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED5E

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

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