#9CD859#9CD859

#9CD859 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.170 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD859
RGB	rgb(156, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(88, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -39.41, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 67.92, 125.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.1105 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.17 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0689, 56.8998, 18.3209)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD859 #9559D8

analogous

#D8D459 #9CD859 #5DD859

triadic

#9CD859 #599CD8 #D8599C

tetradic

#9CD859 #59D8D4 #9559D8 #D8595D

square

#9CD859 #59D8D4 #9559D8 #D8595D

split-complementary

#9CD859 #595DD8 #D459D8

monochromatic

#5E9423 #7EC52E #9CD859 #BAE48B #D7EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#9CD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#9CD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD859

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD859	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.170 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce48c',
    500: '#9cd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd859;
$custom-light: #bce48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.346,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD859

secondary

#683C99

accent

#43E58F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD859

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

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