#9DC459#9DC459

#9DC459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC459
RGB	rgb(157, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -29.86, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 57.21, 121.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0841 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.142 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4477, 47.3688, 16.7248)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC459 #8059C4

analogous

#C4B559 #9DC459 #67C459

triadic

#9DC459 #599DC4 #C4599D

tetradic

#9DC459 #59C4B5 #8059C4 #C45967

square

#9DC459 #59C4B5 #8059C4 #C45967

split-complementary

#9DC459 #5967C4 #B559C4

monochromatic

#5C782B #7EA53B #9DC459 #B8D486 #D2E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9DC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#9DC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC459

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC459	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd68b',
    500: '#9dc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc459;
$custom-light: #bcd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.869,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC459

secondary

#B6A6D3

accent

#51D782

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC459

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

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