#9CD359#9CD359

#9CD359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.163 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD359
RGB	rgb(156, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -37.17, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 65.30, 124.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1043 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.163 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8074, 54.3768, 17.9004)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD359 #9059D3

analogous

#D3CD59 #9CD359 #5FD359

triadic

#9CD359 #599CD3 #D3599C

tetradic

#9CD359 #59D3CD #9059D3 #D3595F

square

#9CD359 #59D3CD #9059D3 #D3595F

split-complementary

#9CD359 #595FD3 #CD59D3

monochromatic

#5E8C25 #7EBD32 #9CD359 #B9E089 #D6EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9CD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#9CD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD359

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD359	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.163 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce08c',
    500: '#9cd359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd359;
$custom-light: #bce08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.049,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD359

secondary

#643E92

accent

#46E18C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD359

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

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