#9BD559#9BD559

#9BD559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.166 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BD559
RGB	rgb(155, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -38.44, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 66.49, 125.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1077 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.166 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1146, 55.2773, 18.0580)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9BD559 #9359D5

analogous

#D5D159 #9BD559 #5DD559

triadic

#9BD559 #599BD5 #D5599B

tetradic

#9BD559 #59D5D1 #9359D5 #D5595D

square

#9BD559 #59D5D1 #9359D5 #D5595D

split-complementary

#9BD559 #595DD5 #D159D5

monochromatic

#5D8F24 #7DC031 #9BD559 #B8E18A #D6EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9BD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#9BD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BD559

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BD559	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ECDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.166 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce28c',
    500: '#9bd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bd559;
$custom-light: #bce28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.065,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BD559

secondary

#663D95

accent

#45E38F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BD559

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

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