#9EC159#9EC159

#9EC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC159
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -28.04, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 55.49, 120.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0791 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.138 125)
XYZ	xyz(34.9737, 46.1300, 16.5107)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC159 #7C59C1

analogous

#C1B059 #9EC159 #6AC159

triadic

#9EC159 #599EC1 #C1599E

tetradic

#9EC159 #59C1B0 #7C59C1 #C1596A

square

#9EC159 #59C1B0 #7C59C1 #C1596A

split-complementary

#9EC159 #596AC1 #B059C1

monochromatic

#5C742B #7FA13C #9EC159 #B8D286 #D2E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9EC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC159

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC159	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd38b',
    500: '#9ec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec159;
$custom-light: #bdd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.192,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.4613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC159

secondary

#B4A5D1

accent

#53D57F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC159

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

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