#9DDC57#9DDC57

#9DDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.176 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DDC57
RGB	rgb(157, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -41.00, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 70.65, 125.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.1151 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.176 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2177, 59.0414, 18.2395)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DDC57 #9657DC

analogous

#DCD857 #9DDC57 #5BDC57

triadic

#9DDC57 #579DDC #DC579D

tetradic

#9DDC57 #57DCD8 #9657DC #DC575B

square

#9DDC57 #57DCD8 #9657DC #DC575B

split-complementary

#9DDC57 #575BDC #D857DC

monochromatic

#5F9920 #7FCB2A #9DDC57 #BBE78A #D8F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9DDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#9DDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DDC57

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DDC57	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ddc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.176 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde78b',
    500: '#9ddc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ddc57;
$custom-light: #bde78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ddc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82495,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DDC57

secondary

#693A9D

accent

#18CD6E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DDC57

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

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