#9CC559#9CC559

#9CC559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9CC559
RGBrgb(156, 197, 89)
HSLhsl(83, 48%, 56%)
HSVhsv(83, 55%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(20.8%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.65, -30.72, 49.04)
CIE-LCHlch(74.65, 57.86, 122.06°)
OKLaboklab(77.09% -0.0864 0.1154)
OKLCHoklch(77.09% 0.144 126.8)
XYZxyz(35.4796, 47.7212, 16.7911)
Luminance0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9CC559 #8259C5
analogous
#C5B859 #9CC559 #66C559
triadic
#9CC559 #599CC5 #C5599C
tetradic
#9CC559 #59C5B8 #8259C5 #C55966
square
#9CC559 #59C5B8 #8259C5 #C55966
split-complementary
#9CC559 #5966C5 #B859C5
monochromatic
#5B792A #7DA73A #9CC559 #B7D586 #D2E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#9CC559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54
#9CC559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC559
10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9CC559#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9CC5591.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB94E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A1BDAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9cc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 126.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd68b',
    500: '#9cc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9cc559;
$custom-light: #bbd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9cc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.778,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77088,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9CC559
secondary
#B8A7D3
accent
#50D884
background
#FBFDF8
surface
#F7FAF0
border
#D0D3CB
text
#12140C
muted
#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC559

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#9CC559 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva