#9FCA59#9FCA59

#9FCA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.150 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCA59
RGB	rgb(159, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -31.92, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 60.14, 122.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0899 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.15 127)
XYZ	xyz(37.2217, 50.3327, 17.2034)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCA59 #8459CA

analogous

#CABD59 #9FCA59 #67CA59

triadic

#9FCA59 #599FCA #CA599F

tetradic

#9FCA59 #59CABD #8459CA #CA5967

square

#9FCA59 #59CABD #8459CA #CA5967

split-complementary

#9FCA59 #5967CA #BD59CA

monochromatic

#5F8029 #81AE38 #9FCA59 #BAD987 #D5E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9FCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#9FCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCA59

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCA59	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.150 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda8b',
    500: '#9fca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fca59;
$custom-light: #beda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.832,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.14955,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.50333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCA59

secondary

#5B4088

accent

#4DDB83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCA59

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

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