#9CED71#9CED71

#9CED71 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.177 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED71
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 113)
HSL	hsl(99, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(99, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 52.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -46.14, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 69.39, 131.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.1273 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.177 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9739, 68.8265, 26.4294)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Green

#96F97B

ΔE00 2.98

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED71 #C271ED

analogous

#DAED71 #9CED71 #71ED84

triadic

#9CED71 #719CED #ED719C

tetradic

#9CED71 #71DAED #C271ED #ED8471

square

#9CED71 #71DAED #C271ED #ED8471

split-complementary

#9CED71 #8471ED #ED71DA

monochromatic

#57CA1A #76E63B #9CED71 #C2F4A7 #E8FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9CED71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#9CED71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED71

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED71	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AE5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.177 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf39d',
    500: '#9ced71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced71;
$custom-light: #bdf39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.194,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86714,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED71

secondary

#963DC5

accent

#0CDA92

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#12170E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED71

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

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