#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
RGBrgb(158, 197, 97)
HSLhsl(83, 46%, 58%)
HSVhsv(83, 51%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(19.8%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.87, -29.15, 45.54)
CIE-LCHlch(74.87, 54.07, 122.62°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.0815 0.1084)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.136 126.9)
XYZxyz(36.2243, 48.0642, 18.6758)
Luminance0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

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
##9EC5611.001.9810.6110.61
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6121.001.001.00
##00000010.6121.001.001.00

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

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#9EC561 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva