#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
RGBrgb(159, 202, 89)
HSLhsl(83, 52%, 57%)
HSVhsv(83, 56%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(21.3%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.27, -31.92, 50.97)
CIE-LCHlch(76.27, 60.14, 122.06°)
OKLaboklab(78.45% -0.0899 0.1195)
OKLCHoklch(78.45% 0.15 127)
XYZxyz(37.2217, 50.3327, 17.2034)
Luminance0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9FCA591.001.9011.0711.07
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0721.001.001.00
##00000011.0721.001.001.00

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

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#9FCA59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva