#9CC459#9CC459

#9CC459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC459
RGB	rgb(156, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -30.24, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 57.33, 121.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0851 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.143 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2533, 47.2686, 16.7157)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC459 #8159C4

analogous

#C4B659 #9CC459 #66C459

triadic

#9CC459 #599CC4 #C4599C

tetradic

#9CC459 #59C4B6 #8159C4 #C45966

square

#9CC459 #59C4B6 #8159C4 #C45966

split-complementary

#9CC459 #5966C4 #B659C4

monochromatic

#5B782B #7DA53B #9CC459 #B7D486 #D2E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9CC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#9CC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC459

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC459	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd68b',
    500: '#9cc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc459;
$custom-light: #bbd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.43,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76856,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC459

secondary

#B7A6D3

accent

#51D783

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC459

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

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