#9FCD59#9FCD59

#9FCD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.154 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCD59
RGB	rgb(159, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(84, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -33.31, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 61.72, 122.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0938 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.154 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9324, 51.7542, 17.4404)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCD59 #8759CD

analogous

#CDC159 #9FCD59 #65CD59

triadic

#9FCD59 #599FCD #CD599F

tetradic

#9FCD59 #59CDC1 #8759CD #CD5965

square

#9FCD59 #59CDC1 #8759CD #CD5965

split-complementary

#9FCD59 #5965CD #C159CD

monochromatic

#5F8428 #81B336 #9FCD59 #BADB88 #D5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9FCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#9FCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCD59

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCD59	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.154 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc8b',
    500: '#9fcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fcd59;
$custom-light: #bedc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.793,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79144,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCD59

secondary

#5D3F8B

accent

#4BDD85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCD59

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

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