#9CDD59#9CDD59

#9CDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.176 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CDD59
RGB	rgb(156, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -41.62, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 70.53, 126.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.1166 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.176 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3694, 59.5008, 18.7544)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CDD59 #9A59DD

analogous

#DDDC59 #9CDD59 #5ADD59

triadic

#9CDD59 #599CDD #DD599C

tetradic

#9CDD59 #59DDDC #9A59DD #DD595A

square

#9CDD59 #59DDDC #9A59DD #DD595A

split-complementary

#9CDD59 #595ADD #DC59DD

monochromatic

#5F9C20 #7ECF2A #9CDD59 #BAE78C #D9F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9CDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#9CDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CDD59

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CDD59	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.176 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bde88d',
    500: '#9cdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cdd59;
$custom-light: #bde88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8269,
    "c": 0.17636,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CDD59

secondary

#6C3BA0

accent

#18CE71

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CDD59

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

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