#9CEA59#9CEA59

#9CEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.193 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CEA59
RGB	rgb(156, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -47.20, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 77.22, 127.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.1319 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.193 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9356, 66.6331, 19.9431)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CEA59 #A759EA

analogous

#E4EA59 #9CEA59 #59EA5E

triadic

#9CEA59 #599CEA #EA599C

tetradic

#9CEA59 #59E4EA #A759EA #EA5E59

square

#9CEA59 #59E4EA #A759EA #EA5E59

split-complementary

#9CEA59 #5E59EA #EA59E4

monochromatic

#5EB217 #7CE323 #9CEA59 #BCF18F #DDF8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#9CEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#9CEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CEA59

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CEA59	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DE1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.193 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef18d',
    500: '#9cea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cea59;
$custom-light: #bef18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.276,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85742,
    "c": 0.19322,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CEA59

secondary

#7835B2

accent

#0CDA7B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CEA59

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

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