#9EC656#9EC656

#9EC656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC656
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -30.70, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 59.44, 121.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0867 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.147 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9743, 48.3287, 16.2354)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC656 #7E56C6

analogous

#C6B656 #9EC656 #66C656

triadic

#9EC656 #569EC6 #C6569E

tetradic

#9EC656 #56C6B6 #7E56C6 #C65666

square

#9EC656 #56C6B6 #7E56C6 #C65666

split-complementary

#9EC656 #5666C6 #B656C6

monochromatic

#5C7929 #7FA738 #9EC656 #B8D584 #D3E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#9EC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC656

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC656	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd789',
    500: '#9ec656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec656;
$custom-light: #bdd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC656

secondary

#B5A5D3

accent

#4FD980

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC656

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

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