#9DC559#9DC559

#9DC559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.144 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DC559
RGB	rgb(157, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -30.33, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 57.74, 121.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0854 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.144 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6740, 47.8214, 16.8003)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DC559 #8159C5

analogous

#C5B759 #9DC559 #67C559

triadic

#9DC559 #599DC5 #C5599D

tetradic

#9DC559 #59C5B7 #8159C5 #C55967

square

#9DC559 #59C5B7 #8159C5 #C55967

split-complementary

#9DC559 #5967C5 #B759C5

monochromatic

#5C792A #7EA73A #9DC559 #B8D586 #D3E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#9DC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#9DC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DC559

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DC559	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.144 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd68b',
    500: '#9dc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dc559;
$custom-light: #bcd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.222,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DC559

secondary

#B7A7D3

accent

#50D882

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DC559

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

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