#9CDB59#9CDB59

#9CDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.174 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDB59
RGB	rgb(156, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -40.74, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 69.49, 125.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.1142 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.174 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8445, 58.4510, 18.5794)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDB59 #9859DB

analogous

#DBD959 #9CDB59 #5BDB59

triadic

#9CDB59 #599CDB #DB599C

tetradic

#9CDB59 #59DBD9 #9859DB #DB595B

square

#9CDB59 #59DBD9 #9859DB #DB595B

split-complementary

#9CDB59 #595BDB #D959DB

monochromatic

#5F9921 #7ECB2C #9CDB59 #BAE68B #D8F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#9CDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#9CDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDB59

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDB59	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.174 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde68c',
    500: '#9cdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdb59;
$custom-light: #bde68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82222,
    "c": 0.17373,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDB59

secondary

#6B3B9D

accent

#19CC70

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDB59

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

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