#9CD959#9CD959

#9CD959 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.171 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CD959
RGB	rgb(156, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -39.86, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 68.44, 125.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1117 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.171 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3259, 57.4138, 18.4066)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CD959 #9659D9

analogous

#D9D659 #9CD959 #5CD959

triadic

#9CD959 #599CD9 #D9599C

tetradic

#9CD959 #59D9D6 #9659D9 #D9595C

square

#9CD959 #59D9D6 #9659D9 #D9595C

split-complementary

#9CD959 #595CD9 #D659D9

monochromatic

#5E9522 #7EC72E #9CD959 #BAE48B #D7F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#9CD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#9CD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CD959

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CD959	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.171 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bce58c',
    500: '#9cd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cd959;
$custom-light: #bce58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.594,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CD959

secondary

#693C9A

accent

#42E690

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CD959

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

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