#9EC856#9EC856

#9EC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC856
RGB	rgb(158, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -31.64, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 60.49, 121.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0893 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.15 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4345, 49.2490, 16.3888)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC856 #8056C8

analogous

#C8B956 #9EC856 #65C856

triadic

#9EC856 #569EC8 #C8569E

tetradic

#9EC856 #56C8B9 #8056C8 #C85665

square

#9EC856 #56C8B9 #8056C8 #C85665

split-complementary

#9EC856 #5665C8 #B956C8

monochromatic

#5D7B28 #7FAA37 #9EC856 #B9D784 #D3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#9EC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#9EC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC856

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC856	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd989',
    500: '#9ec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec856;
$custom-light: #bdd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77884,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC856

secondary

#B7A5D4

accent

#4DDA81

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC856

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

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