#9EC257#9EC257

#9EC257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.141 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC257
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -28.71, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 56.90, 120.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0811 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.141 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1127, 46.5405, 16.1483)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC257 #7B57C2

analogous

#C2B157 #9EC257 #68C257

triadic

#9EC257 #579EC2 #C2579E

tetradic

#9EC257 #57C2B1 #7B57C2 #C25768

square

#9EC257 #57C2B1 #7B57C2 #C25768

split-complementary

#9EC257 #5768C2 #B157C2

monochromatic

#5B742A #7FA13B #9EC257 #B8D284 #D2E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9EC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#9EC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC257

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC257	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.141 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd48a',
    500: '#9ec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec257;
$custom-light: #bdd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.187,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC257

secondary

#B3A4D1

accent

#51D67E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC257

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

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