#9AE357#9AE357

#9AE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.187 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE357
RGB	rgb(154, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(91, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -45.09, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 74.70, 127.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.1262 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.187 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5152, 62.4948, 18.8376)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE357 #A057E3

analogous

#E0E357 #9AE357 #57E35A

triadic

#9AE357 #579AE3 #E3579A

tetradic

#9AE357 #57E0E3 #A057E3 #E35A57

square

#9AE357 #57E0E3 #A057E3 #E35A57

split-complementary

#9AE357 #5A57E3 #E357E0

monochromatic

#5DA41B #7BD924 #9AE357 #BAEC8B #D9F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9AE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#9AE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE357

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE357	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.187 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcec8c',
    500: '#9ae357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae357;
$custom-light: #bcec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83965,
    "c": 0.18674,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE357

secondary

#7138A7

accent

#12D377

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE357

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

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