#9BC159#9BC159

#9BC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC159
RGB	rgb(155, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -29.20, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 55.85, 121.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0821 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.139 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3907, 45.8294, 16.4834)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC159 #7F59C1

analogous

#C1B359 #9BC159 #67C159

triadic

#9BC159 #599BC1 #C1599B

tetradic

#9BC159 #59C1B3 #7F59C1 #C15967

square

#9BC159 #59C1B3 #7F59C1 #C15967

split-complementary

#9BC159 #5967C1 #B359C1

monochromatic

#5A742B #7CA13C #9BC159 #B6D286 #D1E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#9BC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#9BC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC159

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC159	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd48b',
    500: '#9bc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc159;
$custom-light: #bbd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.923,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC159

secondary

#B5A5D1

accent

#53D582

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC159

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

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