#9BD459#9BD459

#9BD459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.165 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD459
RGB	rgb(155, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -37.99, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 65.97, 125.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1065 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.165 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8639, 54.7758, 17.9744)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD459 #9259D4

analogous

#D4D059 #9BD459 #5ED459

triadic

#9BD459 #599BD4 #D4599B

tetradic

#9BD459 #59D4D0 #9259D4 #D4595E

square

#9BD459 #59D4D0 #9259D4 #D4595E

split-complementary

#9BD459 #595ED4 #D059D4

monochromatic

#5D8E25 #7DBE31 #9BD459 #B8E18A #D6EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9BD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#9BD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD459

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD459	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.165 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce18c',
    500: '#9bd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd459;
$custom-light: #bce18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.805,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80522,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD459

secondary

#653E94

accent

#46E28E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD459

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

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