#9AE456#9AE456

#9AE456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.189 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE456
RGB	rgb(154, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(91, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -45.60, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 75.58, 127.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.1276 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.189 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7489, 63.0271, 18.7154)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE456 #A056E4

analogous

#E1E456 #9AE456 #56E459

triadic

#9AE456 #569AE4 #E4569A

tetradic

#9AE456 #56E1E4 #A056E4 #E45956

square

#9AE456 #56E1E4 #A056E4 #E45956

split-complementary

#9AE456 #5956E4 #E456E1

monochromatic

#5DA51A #7BDA23 #9AE456 #BAEC8B #D9F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9AE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#9AE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE456

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE456	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.189 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bced8b',
    500: '#9ae456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae456;
$custom-light: #bced8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.268,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84191,
    "c": 0.1888,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE456

secondary

#7137A7

accent

#11D577

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE456

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

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