#9DC856#9DC856

#9DC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC856
RGB	rgb(157, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -32.02, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 60.61, 121.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0903 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.15 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2386, 49.1480, 16.3796)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC856 #8156C8

analogous

#C8BA56 #9DC856 #64C856

triadic

#9DC856 #569DC8 #C8569D

tetradic

#9DC856 #56C8BA #8156C8 #C85664

square

#9DC856 #56C8BA #8156C8 #C85664

split-complementary

#9DC856 #5664C8 #BA56C8

monochromatic

#5C7B28 #7EAA37 #9DC856 #B8D784 #D3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9DC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#9DC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC856

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC856	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd989',
    500: '#9dc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc856;
$custom-light: #bcd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.632,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77817,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC856

secondary

#B7A5D4

accent

#4DDA83

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC856

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

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