#99E255#99E255

#99E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.187 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99E255
RGB	rgb(153, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(91, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -45.18, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 75.09, 126.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.1265 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.187 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9723, 61.8194, 18.3134)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99E255 #9E55E2

analogous

#DFE255 #99E255 #55E257

triadic

#99E255 #5599E2 #E25599

tetradic

#99E255 #55DFE2 #9E55E2 #E25755

square

#99E255 #55DFE2 #9E55E2 #E25755

split-complementary

#99E255 #5755E2 #E255DF

monochromatic

#5CA11B #7AD524 #99E255 #B8EB89 #D8F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#99E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#99E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99E255

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99E255	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AD9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.187 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbeb8a',
    500: '#99e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99e255;
$custom-light: #bbeb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.18748,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99E255

secondary

#7037A4

accent

#13D376

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99E255

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

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