#9EC759#9EC759

#9EC759 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC759
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -30.89, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 58.68, 121.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.087 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.146 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3271, 48.8367, 16.9618)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC759 #8259C7

analogous

#C7B959 #9EC759 #67C759

triadic

#9EC759 #599EC7 #C7599E

tetradic

#9EC759 #59C7B9 #8259C7 #C75967

square

#9EC759 #59C7B9 #8259C7 #C75967

split-complementary

#9EC759 #5967C7 #B959C7

monochromatic

#5D7C2A #80AA39 #9EC759 #B9D687 #D3E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9EC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#9EC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC759

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC759	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd88b',
    500: '#9ec759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec759;
$custom-light: #bdd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC759

secondary

#B8A7D4

accent

#4FD982

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC759

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

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