#9BC659#9BC659

#9BC659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.146 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BC659
RGB	rgb(155, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -31.57, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 58.53, 122.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0887 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.146 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5147, 48.0774, 16.8580)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BC659 #8459C6

analogous

#C6BB59 #9BC659 #65C659

triadic

#9BC659 #599BC6 #C6599B

tetradic

#9BC659 #59C6BB #8459C6 #C65965

square

#9BC659 #59C6BB #8459C6 #C65965

split-complementary

#9BC659 #5965C6 #BB59C6

monochromatic

#5B7B2A #7DA83A #9BC659 #B6D687 #D2E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9BC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#9BC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BC659

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BC659	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.146 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd78b',
    500: '#9bc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bc659;
$custom-light: #bbd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.67,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77254,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BC659

secondary

#B9A7D4

accent

#4FD885

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BC659

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

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