#9FCB59#9FCB59

#9FCB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.151 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCB59
RGB	rgb(159, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -32.38, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 60.67, 122.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0912 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.151 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4571, 50.8035, 17.2819)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCB59 #8559CB

analogous

#CBBE59 #9FCB59 #66CB59

triadic

#9FCB59 #599FCB #CB599F

tetradic

#9FCB59 #59CBBE #8559CB #CB5966

square

#9FCB59 #59CBBE #8559CB #CB5966

split-complementary

#9FCB59 #5966CB #BE59CB

monochromatic

#5F8128 #81B037 #9FCB59 #BADA88 #D5E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9FCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9FCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCB59

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCB59	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.151 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb8b',
    500: '#9fcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcb59;
$custom-light: #bedb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.158,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7868,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCB59

secondary

#5C3F89

accent

#4CDC84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCB59

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

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