#9DC656#9DC656

#9DC656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC656
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -31.09, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 59.56, 121.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0877 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.148 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7784, 48.2277, 16.2262)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC656 #7F56C6

analogous

#C6B756 #9DC656 #65C656

triadic

#9DC656 #569DC6 #C6569D

tetradic

#9DC656 #56C6B7 #7F56C6 #C65665

square

#9DC656 #56C6B7 #7F56C6 #C65665

split-complementary

#9DC656 #5665C6 #B756C6

monochromatic

#5C7929 #7EA738 #9DC656 #B8D584 #D2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9DC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC656

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC656	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd789',
    500: '#9dc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc656;
$custom-light: #bcd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.964,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC656

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#4FD981

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC656

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

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