#9CCB59#9CCB59

#9CCB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.152 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CCB59
RGB	rgb(156, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -33.52, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 61.06, 123.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0942 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.152 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8692, 50.5004, 17.2543)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CCB59 #8859CB

analogous

#CBC159 #9CCB59 #63CB59

triadic

#9CCB59 #599CCB #CB599C

tetradic

#9CCB59 #59CBC1 #8859CB #CB5963

square

#9CCB59 #59CBC1 #8859CB #CB5963

split-complementary

#9CCB59 #5963CB #C159CB

monochromatic

#5D8128 #7EB037 #9CCB59 #B8DA88 #D4E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9CCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#9CCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CCB59

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CCB59	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ccb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.152 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb8b',
    500: '#9ccb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ccb59;
$custom-light: #bcdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ccb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78483,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CCB59

secondary

#5E3F89

accent

#4CDC87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CCB59

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

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