#9ED659#9ED659

#9ED659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.166 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED659
RGB	rgb(158, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -37.79, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 66.59, 124.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1061 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.166 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9500, 56.0825, 18.1695)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED659 #9159D6

analogous

#D6CF59 #9ED659 #60D659

triadic

#9ED659 #599ED6 #D6599E

tetradic

#9ED659 #59D6CF #9159D6 #D65960

square

#9ED659 #59D6CF #9159D6 #D65960

split-complementary

#9ED659 #5960D6 #CF59D6

monochromatic

#609124 #80C230 #9ED659 #BBE28A #D7EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#9ED659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#9ED659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED659

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED659	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2CEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.166 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee38c',
    500: '#9ed659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed659;
$custom-light: #bee38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.88,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81174,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED659

secondary

#653D96

accent

#44E48C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED659

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

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