#9BCD59#9BCD59

#9BCD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.155 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCD59
RGB	rgb(155, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -34.81, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 62.26, 124.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0977 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.156 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1518, 51.3517, 17.4038)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCD59 #8B59CD

analogous

#CDC559 #9BCD59 #61CD59

triadic

#9BCD59 #599BCD #CD599B

tetradic

#9BCD59 #59CDC5 #8B59CD #CD5961

square

#9BCD59 #59CDC5 #8B59CD #CD5961

split-complementary

#9BCD59 #5961CD #C559CD

monochromatic

#5C8428 #7DB336 #9BCD59 #B7DB88 #D4E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9BCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9BCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCD59

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCD59	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.155 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdc8b',
    500: '#9bcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcd59;
$custom-light: #bbdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78885,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCD59

secondary

#603F8B

accent

#4BDD8A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCD59

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

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