#9EC561#9EC561

#9EC561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.136 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC561
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(83, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(83, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -29.15, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 54.07, 122.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0815 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.136 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2243, 48.0642, 18.6758)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC561 #8861C5

analogous

#C5BA61 #9EC561 #6CC561

triadic

#9EC561 #619EC5 #C5619E

tetradic

#9EC561 #61C5BA #8861C5 #C5616C

square

#9EC561 #61C5BA #8861C5 #C5616C

split-complementary

#9EC561 #616CC5 #BA61C5

monochromatic

#5F7E2E #80AA3F #9EC561 #B9D58E #D5E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9EC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#9EC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC561

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC561	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.136 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd690',
    500: '#9ec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec561;
$custom-light: #bdd690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.4,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC561

secondary

#BCADD5

accent

#52D685

background

#FBFDF9

surface

#F7FAF1

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140D

muted

#81837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC561

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

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