#9CD159#9CD159

#9CD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.160 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD159
RGB	rgb(156, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -36.27, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 64.24, 124.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1018 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.16 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3137, 53.3892, 17.7358)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD159 #8E59D1

analogous

#D1CA59 #9CD159 #60D159

triadic

#9CD159 #599CD1 #D1599C

tetradic

#9CD159 #59D1CA #8E59D1 #D15960

square

#9CD159 #59D1CA #8E59D1 #D15960

split-complementary

#9CD159 #5960D1 #CA59D1

monochromatic

#5E8926 #7EB933 #9CD159 #B9DE89 #D5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9CD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#9CD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD159

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD159	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.160 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdf8c',
    500: '#9cd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd159;
$custom-light: #bcdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD159

secondary

#623E90

accent

#48E08B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD159

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

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