#9FDF59#9FDF59

#9FDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.177 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FDF59
RGB	rgb(159, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -41.43, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 71.12, 125.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.1162 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.177 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4885, 60.8663, 18.9590)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FDF59 #9959DF

analogous

#DFDC59 #9FDF59 #5CDF59

triadic

#9FDF59 #599FDF #DF599F

tetradic

#9FDF59 #59DFDC #9959DF #DF595C

square

#9FDF59 #59DFDC #9959DF #DF595C

split-complementary

#9FDF59 #595CDF #DC59DF

monochromatic

#629F1F #81D229 #9FDF59 #BDE98C #DAF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9FDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#9FDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FDF59

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FDF59	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fdf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.177 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe98d',
    500: '#9fdf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fdf59;
$custom-light: #bfe98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fdf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.657,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FDF59

secondary

#6C3AA2

accent

#16D06F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FDF59

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

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