#9EC956#9EC956

#9EC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.151 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC956
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -32.11, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 61.01, 121.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0906 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.151 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6669, 49.7137, 16.4662)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC956 #8156C9

analogous

#C9BB56 #9EC956 #65C956

triadic

#9EC956 #569EC9 #C9569E

tetradic

#9EC956 #56C9BB #8156C9 #C95665

square

#9EC956 #56C9BB #8156C9 #C95665

split-complementary

#9EC956 #5665C9 #BB56C9

monochromatic

#5D7D28 #80AB37 #9EC956 #B9D884 #D3E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9EC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#9EC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC956

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC956	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.151 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd989',
    500: '#9ec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec956;
$custom-light: #bdd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.435,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC956

secondary

#B7A6D5

accent

#4DDB82

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC956

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

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