#9EDD57#9EDD57

#9EDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.177 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDD57
RGB	rgb(158, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -41.08, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 71.02, 125.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.1154 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.177 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6769, 59.6689, 18.3364)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDD57 #9657DD

analogous

#DDD957 #9EDD57 #5BDD57

triadic

#9EDD57 #579EDD #DD579E

tetradic

#9EDD57 #57DDD9 #9657DD #DD575B

square

#9EDD57 #57DDD9 #9657DD #DD575B

split-complementary

#9EDD57 #575BDD #D957DD

monochromatic

#609A1F #80CD2A #9EDD57 #BBE78A #D9F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9EDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#9EDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDD57

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDD57	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9edd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.177 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee88b',
    500: '#9edd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9edd57;
$custom-light: #bee88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9edd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.209,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82788,
    "c": 0.17697,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDD57

secondary

#693A9E

accent

#17CE6D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDD57

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

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