#9BDB59#9BDB59

#9BDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.174 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BDB59
RGB	rgb(155, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(90, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -41.10, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 69.64, 126.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1151 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.174 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6518, 58.3516, 18.5704)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BDB59 #9959DB

analogous

#DBDA59 #9BDB59 #5ADB59

triadic

#9BDB59 #599BDB #DB599B

tetradic

#9BDB59 #59DBDA #9959DB #DB595A

square

#9BDB59 #59DBDA #9959DB #DB595A

split-complementary

#9BDB59 #595ADB #DA59DB

monochromatic

#5E9921 #7DCB2C #9BDB59 #B9E68B #D8F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#9BDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#9BDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BDB59

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BDB59	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.174 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce68c',
    500: '#9bdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bdb59;
$custom-light: #bce68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BDB59

secondary

#6B3B9D

accent

#19CC71

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BDB59

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

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