This paper proposes a hybrid layered asymmetrically clipped optical[HLACO]single-carrier frequency-division multiplexing[SCFDM]scheme for dimmable visible light communication.It designs a signal structure that combines layered asymmet-rically clipped optical[LACO]-SCFDM and negative LACO-SCFDM in proportion for improving the inherent weaknesses of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing[OFDM]-based dimmable schemes and further enhancing the system perfor-mance.Compared to the HLACO-OFDM-based dimming scheme,it obtains a lower bit error ratio and enables efficient communication over broader dimming range.Its spectral efficiency realizes 2.875 bit.s-1.Hz-1 within the dimming range of 30%-70%,and the attainable average spectral efficiency gains exceed at least 19.21% compared to other traditional dimmable schemes.