#9EC255#9EC255

#9EC255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.143 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC255
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -28.90, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 57.77, 120.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0818 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.143 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0321, 46.5082, 15.7239)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC255 #7955C2

analogous

#C2B055 #9EC255 #67C255

triadic

#9EC255 #559EC2 #C2559E

tetradic

#9EC255 #55C2B0 #7955C2 #C25567

square

#9EC255 #55C2B0 #7955C2 #C25567

split-complementary

#9EC255 #5567C2 #B055C2

monochromatic

#5B7329 #7EA03A #9EC255 #B8D282 #D1E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9EC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#9EC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC255

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC255	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.143 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd488',
    500: '#9ec255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec255;
$custom-light: #bdd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.817,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC255

secondary

#B2A2D0

accent

#51D77D

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC255

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

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