#9EC556#9EC556

#9EC556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.146 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC556
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -30.23, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 58.91, 120.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0854 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.146 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7465, 47.8731, 16.1595)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC556 #7D56C5

analogous

#C5B456 #9EC556 #66C556

triadic

#9EC556 #569EC5 #C5569E

tetradic

#9EC556 #56C5B4 #7D56C5 #C55666

square

#9EC556 #56C5B4 #7D56C5 #C55666

split-complementary

#9EC556 #5666C5 #B456C5

monochromatic

#5C7829 #7FA539 #9EC556 #B8D584 #D2E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9EC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#9EC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC556

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC556	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)

#CFB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.146 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd689',
    500: '#9ec556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec556;
$custom-light: #bdd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.081,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC556

secondary

#B5A4D3

accent

#4FD880

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC556

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

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