#9DC657#9DC657

#9DC657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC657
RGB	rgb(157, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -30.99, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 59.13, 121.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0874 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.147 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8190, 48.2439, 16.4399)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC657 #8057C6

analogous

#C6B757 #9DC657 #65C657

triadic

#9DC657 #579DC6 #C6579D

tetradic

#9DC657 #57C6B7 #8057C6 #C65765

square

#9DC657 #57C6B7 #8057C6 #C65765

split-complementary

#9DC657 #5765C6 #B757C6

monochromatic

#5C7929 #7EA739 #9DC657 #B8D685 #D2E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9DC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9DC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC657

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC657	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd78a',
    500: '#9dc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc657;
$custom-light: #bcd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.162,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77364,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC657

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#4FD982

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC657

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

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