#9FD159#9FD159

#9FD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.159 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FD159
RGB	rgb(159, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -35.16, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 63.83, 123.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0989 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.159 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9015, 53.6924, 17.7634)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FD159 #8B59D1

analogous

#D1C759 #9FD159 #63D159

triadic

#9FD159 #599FD1 #D1599F

tetradic

#9FD159 #59D1C7 #8B59D1 #D15963

square

#9FD159 #59D1C7 #8B59D1 #D15963

split-complementary

#9FD159 #5963D1 #C759D1

monochromatic

#608926 #82B933 #9FD159 #BBDE89 #D6ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9FD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#9FD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FD159

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FD159	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.159 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedf8c',
    500: '#9fd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fd159;
$custom-light: #bedf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FD159

secondary

#603E90

accent

#48E087

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FD159

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

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