#9DCC51#9DCC51

#9DCC51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC51
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -34.32, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 64.77, 121.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0971 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.16 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9826, 50.9473, 15.6684)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC51 #8051CC

analogous

#CCBE51 #9DCC51 #5FCC51

triadic

#9DCC51 #519DCC #CC519D

tetradic

#9DCC51 #51CCBE #8051CC #CC515F

square

#9DCC51 #51CCBE #8051CC #CC515F

split-complementary

#9DCC51 #515FCC #BE51CC

monochromatic

#5C7E25 #7EAD33 #9DCC51 #B8DA80 #D2E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9DCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#9DCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC51

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC51	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb86',
    500: '#9dcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc51;
$custom-light: #bddb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.927,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC51

secondary

#583C86

accent

#4ADE82

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC51

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

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