#9EC657#9EC657

#9EC657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC657
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -30.61, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 59.01, 121.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0864 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.146 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0149, 48.3449, 16.4491)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC657 #7F57C6

analogous

#C6B657 #9EC657 #66C657

triadic

#9EC657 #579EC6 #C6579E

tetradic

#9EC657 #57C6B6 #7F57C6 #C65766

square

#9EC657 #57C6B6 #7F57C6 #C65766

split-complementary

#9EC657 #5766C6 #B657C6

monochromatic

#5C7929 #7FA739 #9EC657 #B8D685 #D3E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#9EC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC657

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC657	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd78a',
    500: '#9ec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec657;
$custom-light: #bdd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.622,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77432,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC657

secondary

#B6A5D3

accent

#4FD981

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC657

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

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