#9CE659#9CE659

#9CE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.188 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CE659
RGB	rgb(156, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(91, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -45.51, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 75.17, 127.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.1273 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.188 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8096, 64.3812, 19.5678)
Luminance	0.6438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CE659 #A359E6

analogous

#E3E659 #9CE659 #59E65C

triadic

#9CE659 #599CE6 #E6599C

tetradic

#9CE659 #59E3E6 #A359E6 #E65C59

square

#9CE659 #59E3E6 #A359E6 #E65C59

split-complementary

#9CE659 #5C59E6 #E659E3

monochromatic

#5FAB1A #7CDE24 #9CE659 #BCEE8E #DBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9CE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#9CE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CE659

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CE659	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ce659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.188 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdee8d',
    500: '#9ce659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ce659;
$custom-light: #bdee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ce659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.489,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84803,
    "c": 0.18807,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CE659

secondary

#7537AC

accent

#10D678

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CE659

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

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