#9CD459#9CD459

#9CD459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD459
RGB	rgb(156, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -37.63, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 65.82, 124.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1056 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.164 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0566, 54.8752, 17.9835)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD459 #9159D4

analogous

#D4CF59 #9CD459 #5FD459

triadic

#9CD459 #599CD4 #D4599C

tetradic

#9CD459 #59D4CF #9159D4 #D4595F

square

#9CD459 #59D4CF #9159D4 #D4595F

split-complementary

#9CD459 #595FD4 #CF59D4

monochromatic

#5E8E25 #7EBE31 #9CD459 #B9E18A #D6EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#9CD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#9CD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD459

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD459	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce18c',
    500: '#9cd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd459;
$custom-light: #bce18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.317,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80583,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD459

secondary

#653E94

accent

#46E28D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD459

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

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