#9EC959#9EC959

#9EC959 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.149 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC959
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -31.83, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 59.74, 122.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0896 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.149 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7903, 49.7631, 17.1162)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC959 #8459C9

analogous

#C9BC59 #9EC959 #66C959

triadic

#9EC959 #599EC9 #C9599E

tetradic

#9EC959 #59C9BC #8459C9 #C95966

square

#9EC959 #59C9BC #8459C9 #C95966

split-complementary

#9EC959 #5966C9 #BC59C9

monochromatic

#5E7E29 #80AD38 #9EC959 #B9D887 #D4E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9EC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9EC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC959

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC959	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.149 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd98b',
    500: '#9ec959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec959;
$custom-light: #bdd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC959

secondary

#BAA8D6

accent

#4DDA84

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC959

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

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