#9FD459#9FD459

#9FD459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.163 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FD459
RGB	rgb(159, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -36.52, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 65.40, 123.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1027 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.163 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6445, 55.1783, 18.0110)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FD459 #8E59D4

analogous

#D4CC59 #9FD459 #62D459

triadic

#9FD459 #599FD4 #D4599F

tetradic

#9FD459 #59D4CC #8E59D4 #D45962

square

#9FD459 #59D4CC #8E59D4 #D45962

split-complementary

#9FD459 #5962D4 #CC59D4

monochromatic

#618E25 #82BE31 #9FD459 #BBE18A #D7EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#9FD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#9FD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FD459

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FD459	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.163 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee18c',
    500: '#9fd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fd459;
$custom-light: #bee18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.854,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FD459

secondary

#633E94

accent

#46E289

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FD459

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

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