#9CD259#9CD259

#9CD259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.162 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD259
RGB	rgb(156, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -36.72, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 64.77, 124.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1031 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.162 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5598, 53.8815, 17.8179)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD259 #8F59D2

analogous

#D2CB59 #9CD259 #5FD259

triadic

#9CD259 #599CD2 #D2599C

tetradic

#9CD259 #59D2CB #8F59D2 #D2595F

square

#9CD259 #59D2CB #8F59D2 #D2595F

split-complementary

#9CD259 #595FD2 #CB59D2

monochromatic

#5E8B26 #7EBB33 #9CD259 #B9DF89 #D5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#9CD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#9CD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD259

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD259	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.162 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce08c',
    500: '#9cd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd259;
$custom-light: #bce08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.777,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80116,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD259

secondary

#633E91

accent

#47E18C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD259

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

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