#9BC259#9BC259

#9BC259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC259
RGB	rgb(155, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -29.68, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 56.39, 121.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0835 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.14 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6125, 46.2730, 16.5573)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC259 #8059C2

analogous

#C2B559 #9BC259 #66C259

triadic

#9BC259 #599BC2 #C2599B

tetradic

#9BC259 #59C2B5 #8059C2 #C25966

square

#9BC259 #59C2B5 #8059C2 #C25966

split-complementary

#9BC259 #5966C2 #B559C2

monochromatic

#5A752B #7CA23C #9BC259 #B6D286 #D1E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9BC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#9BC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC259

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC259	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd48b',
    500: '#9bc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc259;
$custom-light: #bbd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.286,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC259

secondary

#B6A6D1

accent

#52D683

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC259

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

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