#9EC555#9EC555

#9EC555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC555
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -30.32, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 59.34, 120.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0858 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.147 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7065, 47.8571, 15.9487)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC555 #7C55C5

analogous

#C5B455 #9EC555 #66C555

triadic

#9EC555 #559EC5 #C5559E

tetradic

#9EC555 #55C5B4 #7C55C5 #C55566

square

#9EC555 #55C5B4 #7C55C5 #C55566

split-complementary

#9EC555 #5566C5 #B455C5

monochromatic

#5C7729 #7FA538 #9EC555 #B8D583 #D2E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9EC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#9EC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC555

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC555	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd688',
    500: '#9ec555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec555;
$custom-light: #bdd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.893,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77177,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC555

secondary

#B4A3D2

accent

#4FD97F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC555

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

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