#9DCE51#9DCE51

#9DCE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.163 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCE51
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -35.23, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 65.80, 122.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0997 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.163 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4610, 51.9041, 15.8278)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCE51 #8251CE

analogous

#CEC151 #9DCE51 #5FCE51

triadic

#9DCE51 #519DCE #CE519D

tetradic

#9DCE51 #51CEC1 #8251CE #CE515F

square

#9DCE51 #51CEC1 #8251CE #CE515F

split-complementary

#9DCE51 #515FCE #C151CE

monochromatic

#5C8024 #7FB032 #9DCE51 #B8DB81 #D3E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9DCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9DCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCE51

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCE51	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.163 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd87',
    500: '#9dce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dce51;
$custom-light: #bddd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7916,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCE51

secondary

#593B88

accent

#48DF84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCE51

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

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