#9CC259#9CC259

#9CC259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC259
RGB	rgb(156, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -29.29, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 56.26, 121.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0824 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.14 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8052, 46.3724, 16.5663)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC259 #7F59C2

analogous

#C2B359 #9CC259 #67C259

triadic

#9CC259 #599CC2 #C2599C

tetradic

#9CC259 #59C2B3 #7F59C2 #C25967

square

#9CC259 #59C2B3 #7F59C2 #C25967

split-complementary

#9CC259 #5967C2 #B359C2

monochromatic

#5B752B #7DA23C #9CC259 #B7D286 #D1E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9CC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#9CC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC259

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC259	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd48b',
    500: '#9cc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc259;
$custom-light: #bbd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.714,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76392,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC259

secondary

#B5A6D1

accent

#52D682

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC259

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

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