#9DC257#9DC257

#9DC257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.141 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC257
RGB	rgb(157, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -29.10, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 57.02, 120.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0821 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.141 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9167, 46.4394, 16.1391)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC257 #7C57C2

analogous

#C2B257 #9DC257 #67C257

triadic

#9DC257 #579DC2 #C2579D

tetradic

#9DC257 #57C2B2 #7C57C2 #C25767

square

#9DC257 #57C2B2 #7C57C2 #C25767

split-complementary

#9DC257 #5767C2 #B257C2

monochromatic

#5B742A #7EA13B #9DC257 #B7D284 #D1E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9DC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#9DC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC257

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC257	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.141 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd48a',
    500: '#9dc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc257;
$custom-light: #bcd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.748,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76437,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC257

secondary

#B3A4D1

accent

#51D67F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC257

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

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