#9EC957#9EC957

#9EC957 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.150 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC957
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -32.02, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 60.59, 121.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0903 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.15 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7074, 49.7300, 16.6799)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC957 #8257C9

analogous

#C9BB57 #9EC957 #65C957

triadic

#9EC957 #579EC9 #C9579E

tetradic

#9EC957 #57C9BB #8257C9 #C95765

square

#9EC957 #57C9BB #8257C9 #C95765

split-complementary

#9EC957 #5765C9 #BB57C9

monochromatic

#5D7D28 #80AC37 #9EC957 #B9D885 #D3E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9EC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9EC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC957

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC957	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.150 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd98a',
    500: '#9ec957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec957;
$custom-light: #bdd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.632,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC957

secondary

#B8A7D5

accent

#4DDB82

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC957

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

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