#9CC759#9CC759

#9CC759 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC759
RGB	rgb(156, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -31.66, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 58.93, 122.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.089 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.147 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9368, 48.6355, 16.9435)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC759 #8459C7

analogous

#C7BB59 #9CC759 #65C759

triadic

#9CC759 #599CC7 #C7599C

tetradic

#9CC759 #59C7BB #8459C7 #C75965

square

#9CC759 #59C7BB #8459C7 #C75965

split-complementary

#9CC759 #5965C7 #BB59C7

monochromatic

#5C7C2A #7EAA39 #9CC759 #B7D687 #D3E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9CC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#9CC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC759

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC759	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd88b',
    500: '#9cc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc759;
$custom-light: #bcd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77553,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC759

secondary

#B9A7D4

accent

#4FD985

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC759

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

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