#9EC557#9EC557

#9EC557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC557
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(81, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -30.14, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 58.48, 121.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0851 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.145 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7871, 47.8893, 16.3731)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC557 #7E57C5

analogous

#C5B557 #9EC557 #67C557

triadic

#9EC557 #579EC5 #C5579E

tetradic

#9EC557 #57C5B5 #7E57C5 #C55767

square

#9EC557 #57C5B5 #7E57C5 #C55767

split-complementary

#9EC557 #5767C5 #B557C5

monochromatic

#5C7829 #7FA639 #9EC557 #B8D584 #D3E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9EC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#9EC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC557

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC557	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd68a',
    500: '#9ec557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec557;
$custom-light: #bdd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.273,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC557

secondary

#B5A5D3

accent

#50D880

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC557

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

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