#9FDD56#9FDD56

#9FDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.177 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDD56
RGB	rgb(159, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -40.81, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 71.26, 124.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.1147 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.177 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8339, 59.7546, 18.1320)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDD56 #9456DD

analogous

#DDD856 #9FDD56 #5BDD56

triadic

#9FDD56 #569FDD #DD569F

tetradic

#9FDD56 #56DDD8 #9456DD #DD565B

square

#9FDD56 #56DDD8 #9456DD #DD565B

split-complementary

#9FDD56 #565BDD #D856DD

monochromatic

#619A1F #82CD29 #9FDD56 #BCE789 #D9F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9FDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#9FDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDD56

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDD56	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.177 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe88b',
    500: '#9fdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fdd56;
$custom-light: #bfe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82838,
    "c": 0.17727,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDD56

secondary

#683A9E

accent

#17CE6B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDD56

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

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