#9CDC59#9CDC59

#9CDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.175 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDC59
RGB	rgb(156, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -41.18, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 70.01, 126.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.1154 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.175 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1062, 58.9743, 18.6667)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDC59 #9959DC

analogous

#DCDA59 #9CDC59 #5ADC59

triadic

#9CDC59 #599CDC #DC599C

tetradic

#9CDC59 #59DCDA #9959DC #DC595A

square

#9CDC59 #59DCDA #9959DC #DC595A

split-complementary

#9CDC59 #595ADC #DA59DC

monochromatic

#5F9A20 #7ECD2B #9CDC59 #BAE78C #D8F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#9CDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#9CDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDC59

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDC59	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.175 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde78c',
    500: '#9cdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdc59;
$custom-light: #bde78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.313,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDC59

secondary

#6B3B9E

accent

#18CD71

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDC59

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

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