#9DCB59#9DCB59

#9DCB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.152 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCB59
RGB	rgb(157, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -33.14, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 60.93, 122.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0932 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.152 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0636, 50.6006, 17.2635)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCB59 #8759CB

analogous

#CBC059 #9DCB59 #64CB59

triadic

#9DCB59 #599DCB #CB599D

tetradic

#9DCB59 #59CBC0 #8759CB #CB5964

square

#9DCB59 #59CBC0 #8759CB #CB5964

split-complementary

#9DCB59 #5964CB #C059CB

monochromatic

#5D8128 #7FB037 #9DCB59 #B9DA88 #D4E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9DCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#9DCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCB59

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCB59	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.152 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb8b',
    500: '#9dcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcb59;
$custom-light: #bcdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.211,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCB59

secondary

#5D3F89

accent

#4CDC86

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCB59

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

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