#9CD659#9CD659

#9CD659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.167 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD659
RGB	rgb(156, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -38.52, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 66.87, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.108 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.167 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5597, 55.8813, 18.1512)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD659 #9359D6

analogous

#D6D159 #9CD659 #5ED659

triadic

#9CD659 #599CD6 #D6599C

tetradic

#9CD659 #59D6D1 #9359D6 #D6595E

square

#9CD659 #59D6D1 #9359D6 #D6595E

split-complementary

#9CD659 #595ED6 #D159D6

monochromatic

#5E9124 #7EC230 #9CD659 #B9E28A #D7EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9CD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#9CD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD659

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD659	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FCEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.167 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce38c',
    500: '#9cd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd659;
$custom-light: #bce38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.84,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81051,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD659

secondary

#663D96

accent

#44E48E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD659

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

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