#9FDD57#9FDD57

#9FDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.176 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDD57
RGB	rgb(159, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -40.72, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 70.87, 125.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.1144 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.176 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8745, 59.7708, 18.3457)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDD57 #9557DD

analogous

#DDD857 #9FDD57 #5CDD57

triadic

#9FDD57 #579FDD #DD579F

tetradic

#9FDD57 #57DDD8 #9557DD #DD575C

square

#9FDD57 #57DDD8 #9557DD #DD575C

split-complementary

#9FDD57 #575CDD #D857DD

monochromatic

#619A1F #82CD2A #9FDD57 #BCE78A #D9F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9FDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#9FDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDD57

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDD57	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)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.176 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe88b',
    500: '#9fdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fdd57;
$custom-light: #bfe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.761,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82848,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDD57

secondary

#683A9E

accent

#17CE6C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDD57

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

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