#9CDA59#9CDA59

#9CDA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.172 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDA59
RGB	rgb(156, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -40.30, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 68.97, 125.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.1129 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.172 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5845, 57.9308, 18.4927)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDA59 #9759DA

analogous

#DAD759 #9CDA59 #5BDA59

triadic

#9CDA59 #599CDA #DA599C

tetradic

#9CDA59 #59DAD7 #9759DA #DA595B

square

#9CDA59 #59DAD7 #9759DA #DA595B

split-complementary

#9CDA59 #595BDA #D759DA

monochromatic

#5F9722 #7EC92D #9CDA59 #BAE58B #D8F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#9CDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#9CDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDA59

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDA59	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.172 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde58c',
    500: '#9cda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cda59;
$custom-light: #bde58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.837,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81987,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDA59

secondary

#6A3C9B

accent

#1ACB6F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDA59

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

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