#9AE261#9AE261
#9AE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.177 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9AE261 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(154, 226, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.98, -43.75, 55.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.98, 70.29, 128.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.84% -0.1217 0.129) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.84% 0.177 133.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.6797, 62.1242, 21.0494) |
| Luminance | 0.6213 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.51
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.69
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.71
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.96
Fresh Green
#69D84F
ΔE00 5.57
Light Green
#96F97B
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9AE261 #A961E2
analogous
#DBE261 #9AE261 #61E268
triadic
#9AE261 #619AE2 #E2619A
tetradic
#9AE261 #61DBE2 #A961E2 #E26861
square
#9AE261 #61DBE2 #A961E2 #E26861
split-complementary
#9AE261 #6861E2 #E261DB
monochromatic
#5CA91F #79D92D #9AE261 #BBEB95 #DCF5C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#9AE261 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.43
#9AE261 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9AE261
13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9AE261 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9AE261 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.43 | 13.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD254
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CD6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9BDAC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ae261; /* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 226, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.177 133.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bbeb92',
500: '#9ae261',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ae261; $custom-light: #bbeb92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ae261",
"rgb": {
"r": 154,
"g": 226,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 93.488,
"s": 68.984,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83835,
"c": 0.17737,
"h": 133.3
},
"luminance": 0.62126
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9AE261
secondary
#7A3CAB
accent
#15D17E
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FDF4
border
#D2D5CE
text
#12160D
muted
#82847F