#9BCF59#9BCF59

#9BCF59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.158 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BCF59
RGB	rgb(155, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -35.73, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 63.32, 124.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.1003 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.158 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6333, 52.3146, 17.5642)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BCF59 #8D59CF

analogous

#CFC859 #9BCF59 #60CF59

triadic

#9BCF59 #599BCF #CF599B

tetradic

#9BCF59 #59CFC8 #8D59CF #CF5960

square

#9BCF59 #59CFC8 #8D59CF #CF5960

split-complementary

#9BCF59 #5960CF #C859CF

monochromatic

#5C8727 #7DB635 #9BCF59 #B8DD88 #D4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#9BCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#9BCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BCF59

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BCF59	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.158 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbde8c',
    500: '#9bcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bcf59;
$custom-light: #bbde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.441,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79352,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BCF59

secondary

#613F8E

accent

#49DE8B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BCF59

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

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