#9EC357#9EC357

#9EC357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.142 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC357
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -29.19, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 57.43, 120.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0824 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.142 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3360, 46.9871, 16.2228)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC357 #7C57C3

analogous

#C3B257 #9EC357 #68C357

triadic

#9EC357 #579EC3 #C3579E

tetradic

#9EC357 #57C3B2 #7C57C3 #C35768

square

#9EC357 #57C3B2 #7C57C3 #C35768

split-complementary

#9EC357 #5768C3 #B257C3

monochromatic

#5C762A #7FA33A #9EC357 #B8D384 #D2E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9EC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC357

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC357	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.142 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd58a',
    500: '#9ec357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec357;
$custom-light: #bdd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.556,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76737,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC357

secondary

#B4A4D1

accent

#51D77F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC357

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

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