#9FCD57#9FCD57

#9FCD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCD57
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -33.50, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 62.56, 122.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0945 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.155 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8496, 51.7211, 17.0040)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCD57 #8557CD

analogous

#CDC057 #9FCD57 #64CD57

triadic

#9FCD57 #579FCD #CD579F

tetradic

#9FCD57 #57CDC0 #8557CD #CD5764

square

#9FCD57 #57CDC0 #8557CD #CD5764

split-complementary

#9FCD57 #5764CD #C057CD

monochromatic

#5F8327 #81B235 #9FCD57 #BADB86 #D5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9FCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#9FCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCD57

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCD57	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc8a',
    500: '#9fcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcd57;
$custom-light: #bedc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.39,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79121,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCD57

secondary

#5C3E8A

accent

#4ADD84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCD57

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →