#9EC659#9EC659

#9EC659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.145 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC659
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -30.42, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 58.15, 121.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0857 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.145 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0978, 48.3781, 16.8854)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC659 #8159C6

analogous

#C6B859 #9EC659 #68C659

triadic

#9EC659 #599EC6 #C6599E

tetradic

#9EC659 #59C6B8 #8159C6 #C65968

square

#9EC659 #59C6B8 #8159C6 #C65968

split-complementary

#9EC659 #5968C6 #B859C6

monochromatic

#5D7B2A #80A83A #9EC659 #B9D687 #D3E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#9EC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC659

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC659	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.145 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd78b',
    500: '#9ec659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec659;
$custom-light: #bdd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.018,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77455,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC659

secondary

#B7A7D4

accent

#4FD882

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC659

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

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