#9DC555#9DC555

#9DC555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC555
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -30.71, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 59.46, 121.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0868 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.147 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5106, 47.7560, 15.9396)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC555 #7D55C5

analogous

#C5B555 #9DC555 #65C555

triadic

#9DC555 #559DC5 #C5559D

tetradic

#9DC555 #55C5B5 #7D55C5 #C55565

square

#9DC555 #55C5B5 #7D55C5 #C55565

split-complementary

#9DC555 #5565C5 #B555C5

monochromatic

#5B7729 #7EA538 #9DC555 #B7D583 #D2E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9DC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#9DC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC555

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC555	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd688',
    500: '#9dc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc555;
$custom-light: #bcd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC555

secondary

#B4A3D2

accent

#4FD980

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC555

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

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