#9EDD59#9EDD59

#9EDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.175 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDD59
RGB	rgb(158, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -40.91, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 70.23, 125.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.1147 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.175 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7598, 59.7021, 18.7727)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDD59 #9859DD

analogous

#DDDA59 #9EDD59 #5CDD59

triadic

#9EDD59 #599EDD #DD599E

tetradic

#9EDD59 #59DDDA #9859DD #DD595C

square

#9EDD59 #59DDDA #9859DD #DD595C

split-complementary

#9EDD59 #595CDD #DA59DD

monochromatic

#619C20 #80CF2A #9EDD59 #BCE78C #D9F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9EDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#9EDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDD59

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDD59	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9edd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.175 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee88d',
    500: '#9edd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9edd59;
$custom-light: #bee88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9edd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.17537,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDD59

secondary

#6B3BA0

accent

#18CE6F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDD59

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

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