#9FDC59#9FDC59

#9FDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.174 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDC59
RGB	rgb(159, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -40.11, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 69.57, 125.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.1126 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.174 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6941, 59.2775, 18.6942)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDC59 #9659DC

analogous

#DCD759 #9FDC59 #5DDC59

triadic

#9FDC59 #599FDC #DC599F

tetradic

#9FDC59 #59DCD7 #9659DC #DC595D

square

#9FDC59 #59DCD7 #9659DC #DC595D

split-complementary

#9FDC59 #595DDC #D759DC

monochromatic

#619A20 #81CD2B #9FDC59 #BCE78C #D9F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#9FDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#9FDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDC59

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDC59	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.174 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe78c',
    500: '#9fdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fdc59;
$custom-light: #bfe78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.939,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82635,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDC59

secondary

#693B9E

accent

#18CD6D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDC59

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

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