#9DCC59#9DCC59

#9DCC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.153 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCC59
RGB	rgb(157, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -33.60, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 61.46, 123.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0945 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.153 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3005, 51.0744, 17.3424)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCC59 #8859CC

analogous

#CCC259 #9DCC59 #63CC59

triadic

#9DCC59 #599DCC #CC599D

tetradic

#9DCC59 #59CCC2 #8859CC #CC5963

square

#9DCC59 #59CCC2 #8859CC #CC5963

split-complementary

#9DCC59 #5963CC #C259CC

monochromatic

#5E8328 #7FB136 #9DCC59 #B9DA88 #D4E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9DCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#9DCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCC59

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCC59	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.153 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb8b',
    500: '#9dcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dcc59;
$custom-light: #bcdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.522,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78781,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCC59

secondary

#5E3F8A

accent

#4BDC87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCC59

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

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