#9DC557#9DC557

#9DC557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.146 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC557
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -30.52, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 58.61, 121.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0861 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.146 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5912, 47.7883, 16.3639)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC557 #7F57C5

analogous

#C5B657 #9DC557 #66C557

triadic

#9DC557 #579DC5 #C5579D

tetradic

#9DC557 #57C5B6 #7F57C5 #C55766

square

#9DC557 #57C5B6 #7F57C5 #C55766

split-complementary

#9DC557 #5766C5 #B657C5

monochromatic

#5C7829 #7EA639 #9DC557 #B8D584 #D2E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9DC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#9DC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC557

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC557	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.146 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd68a',
    500: '#9dc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc557;
$custom-light: #bcd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77132,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC557

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#50D881

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC557

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

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