#9ED159#9ED159

#9ED159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.159 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED159
RGB	rgb(158, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -35.53, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 63.96, 123.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0999 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.159 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7040, 53.5905, 17.7541)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED159 #8C59D1

analogous

#D1C859 #9ED159 #62D159

triadic

#9ED159 #599ED1 #D1599E

tetradic

#9ED159 #59D1C8 #8C59D1 #D15962

square

#9ED159 #59D1C8 #8C59D1 #D15962

split-complementary

#9ED159 #5962D1 #C859D1

monochromatic

#5F8926 #80B933 #9ED159 #BADE89 #D6ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9ED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#9ED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED159

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED159	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.159 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddf8c',
    500: '#9ed159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed159;
$custom-light: #bddf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80009,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED159

secondary

#613E90

accent

#48E089

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED159

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

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