#9DD159#9DD159

#9DD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.160 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DD159
RGB	rgb(157, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -35.90, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 64.10, 124.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1008 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.16 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5080, 53.4895, 17.7449)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DD159 #8D59D1

analogous

#D1C959 #9DD159 #61D159

triadic

#9DD159 #599DD1 #D1599D

tetradic

#9DD159 #59D1C9 #8D59D1 #D15961

square

#9DD159 #59D1C9 #8D59D1 #D15961

split-complementary

#9DD159 #5961D1 #C959D1

monochromatic

#5E8926 #7FB933 #9DD159 #B9DE89 #D6ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9DD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#9DD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DD159

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DD159	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.160 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddf8c',
    500: '#9dd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dd159;
$custom-light: #bddf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79945,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DD159

secondary

#623E90

accent

#48E08A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DD159

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

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