#9DC159#9DC159

#9DC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC159
RGB	rgb(157, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -28.43, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 55.61, 120.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0801 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.138 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7778, 46.0290, 16.5015)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC159 #7D59C1

analogous

#C1B159 #9DC159 #69C159

triadic

#9DC159 #599DC1 #C1599D

tetradic

#9DC159 #59C1B1 #7D59C1 #C15969

square

#9DC159 #59C1B1 #7D59C1 #C15969

split-complementary

#9DC159 #5969C1 #B159C1

monochromatic

#5B742B #7EA13C #9DC159 #B7D286 #D2E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9DC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9DC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC159

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC159	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd38b',
    500: '#9dc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc159;
$custom-light: #bcd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7623,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC159

secondary

#B4A5D1

accent

#53D580

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC159

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

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