#9FCD3B#9FCD3B

#9FCD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.176 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCD3B
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -35.57, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 73.21, 119.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.1026 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.176 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9190, 51.3488, 12.1031)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCD3B #693BCD

analogous

#CDB23B #9FCD3B #56CD3B

triadic

#9FCD3B #3B9FCD #CD3B9F

tetradic

#9FCD3B #3BCDB2 #693BCD #CD3B56

square

#9FCD3B #3BCDB2 #693BCD #CD3B56

split-complementary

#9FCD3B #3B56CD #B23BCD

monochromatic

#56711D #7CA229 #9FCD3B #B7D96C #CFE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9FCD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9FCD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCD3B

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCD3B	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.176 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdc7a',
    500: '#9fcd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcd3b;
$custom-light: #bfdc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78868,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCD3B

secondary

#49327A

accent

#45E377

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCD3B

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

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