#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
RGB	rgb(156, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -30.72, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 57.86, 122.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0864 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.144 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4796, 47.7212, 16.7911)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9CC559	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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