#9DC259#9DC259

#9DC259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.140 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC259
RGB	rgb(157, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -28.91, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 56.14, 120.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0814 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.14 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9996, 46.4726, 16.5754)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC259 #7E59C2

analogous

#C2B359 #9DC259 #68C259

triadic

#9DC259 #599DC2 #C2599D

tetradic

#9DC259 #59C2B3 #7E59C2 #C25968

square

#9DC259 #59C2B3 #7E59C2 #C25968

split-complementary

#9DC259 #5968C2 #B359C2

monochromatic

#5B752B #7EA23C #9DC259 #B7D286 #D2E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9DC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#9DC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC259

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC259	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.140 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd48b',
    500: '#9dc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc259;
$custom-light: #bcd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.143,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76461,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC259

secondary

#B5A6D1

accent

#52D680

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC259

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

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