#9DCC55#9DCC55

#9DCC55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.157 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC55
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -33.97, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 63.13, 122.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0958 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.157 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1371, 51.0091, 16.4817)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC55 #8455CC

analogous

#CCBF55 #9DCC55 #62CC55

triadic

#9DCC55 #559DCC #CC559D

tetradic

#9DCC55 #55CCBF #8455CC #CC5562

square

#9DCC55 #55CCBF #8455CC #CC5562

split-complementary

#9DCC55 #5562CC #BF55CC

monochromatic

#5D8026 #7FAF35 #9DCC55 #B8DA84 #D3E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9DCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC55

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC55	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.157 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb89',
    500: '#9dcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc55;
$custom-light: #bddb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.697,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78736,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC55

secondary

#5B3D88

accent

#4BDD84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC55

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

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