#9FDE59#9FDE59

#9FDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.176 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDE59
RGB	rgb(159, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -40.99, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 70.61, 125.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.115 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.176 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2221, 60.3335, 18.8702)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDE59 #9859DE

analogous

#DEDA59 #9FDE59 #5CDE59

triadic

#9FDE59 #599FDE #DE599F

tetradic

#9FDE59 #59DEDA #9859DE #DE595C

square

#9FDE59 #59DEDA #9859DE #DE595C

split-complementary

#9FDE59 #595CDE #DA59DE

monochromatic

#629D1F #81D029 #9FDE59 #BDE88C #DAF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#9FDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#9FDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDE59

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDE59	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.176 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe88d',
    500: '#9fde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fde59;
$custom-light: #bfe88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83102,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDE59

secondary

#6B3AA1

accent

#17CF6E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDE59

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

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