#9EC359#9EC359

#9EC359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.141 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC359
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(81, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -29.00, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 56.55, 120.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0817 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.141 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4188, 47.0202, 16.6591)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC359 #7E59C3

analogous

#C3B359 #9EC359 #69C359

triadic

#9EC359 #599EC3 #C3599E

tetradic

#9EC359 #59C3B3 #7E59C3 #C35969

square

#9EC359 #59C3B3 #7E59C3 #C35969

split-complementary

#9EC359 #5969C3 #B359C3

monochromatic

#5C772B #7FA43B #9EC359 #B8D386 #D3E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9EC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC359

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC359	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.141 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd58b',
    500: '#9ec359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec359;
$custom-light: #bdd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.943,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76761,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC359

secondary

#B5A6D2

accent

#51D780

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC359

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

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