#9EC157#9EC157

#9EC157 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC157
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -28.23, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 56.37, 120.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0798 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.14 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8909, 46.0969, 16.0744)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC157 #7A57C1

analogous

#C1AF57 #9EC157 #69C157

triadic

#9EC157 #579EC1 #C1579E

tetradic

#9EC157 #57C1AF #7A57C1 #C15769

square

#9EC157 #57C1AF #7A57C1 #C15769

split-complementary

#9EC157 #5769C1 #AF57C1

monochromatic

#5B732A #7FA03B #9EC157 #B8D184 #D2E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#9EC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC157

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC157	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd389',
    500: '#9ec157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec157;
$custom-light: #bdd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.811,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC157

secondary

#B2A4D0

accent

#52D67E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC157

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

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