#9CED59#9CED59

#9CED59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.197 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CED59
RGB	rgb(156, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(93, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -48.46, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 78.74, 127.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.1353 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.197 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7969, 68.3557, 20.2302)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CED59 #AA59ED

analogous

#E6ED59 #9CED59 #59ED60

triadic

#9CED59 #599CED #ED599C

tetradic

#9CED59 #59E6ED #AA59ED #ED6059

square

#9CED59 #59E6ED #AA59ED #ED6059

split-complementary

#9CED59 #6059ED #ED59E6

monochromatic

#5EB814 #7BE722 #9CED59 #BDF390 #DEF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#9CED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#9CED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CED59

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CED59	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ced59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.197 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef38e',
    500: '#9ced59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ced59;
$custom-light: #bef38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ced59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.838,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86448,
    "c": 0.19704,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CED59

secondary

#7B33B7

accent

#09DD7D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CED59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →