#9DCE59#9DCE59

#9DCE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.156 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DCE59
RGB	rgb(157, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -34.53, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 62.52, 123.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.097 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.156 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7789, 52.0312, 17.5019)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DCE59 #8A59CE

analogous

#CEC459 #9DCE59 #62CE59

triadic

#9DCE59 #599DCE #CE599D

tetradic

#9DCE59 #59CEC4 #8A59CE #CE5962

square

#9DCE59 #59CEC4 #8A59CE #CE5962

split-complementary

#9DCE59 #5962CE #C459CE

monochromatic

#5E8527 #7FB535 #9DCE59 #B9DC88 #D5EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9DCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#9DCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DCE59

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DCE59	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.156 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd8c',
    500: '#9dce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dce59;
$custom-light: #bddd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.128,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79247,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DCE59

secondary

#5F3F8C

accent

#4ADE88

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DCE59

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

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