#9CD059#9CD059

#9CD059 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD059
RGB	rgb(156, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -35.81, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 63.71, 124.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.1005 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.159 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0691, 52.9001, 17.6543)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD059 #8D59D0

analogous

#D0C859 #9CD059 #60D059

triadic

#9CD059 #599CD0 #D0599C

tetradic

#9CD059 #59D0C8 #8D59D0 #D05960

square

#9CD059 #59D0C8 #8D59D0 #D05960

split-complementary

#9CD059 #5960D0 #C859D0

monochromatic

#5D8827 #7EB834 #9CD059 #B8DE89 #D5EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#9CD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#9CD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD059

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD059	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcde8c',
    500: '#9cd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd059;
$custom-light: #bcde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.218,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79649,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD059

secondary

#623E8F

accent

#49DF8A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD059

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

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