#9AE457#9AE457

#9AE457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.188 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AE457
RGB	rgb(154, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(91, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -45.52, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 75.21, 127.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.1273 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.188 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7895, 63.0434, 18.9290)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AE457 #A157E4

analogous

#E1E457 #9AE457 #57E45B

triadic

#9AE457 #579AE4 #E4579A

tetradic

#9AE457 #57E1E4 #A157E4 #E45B57

square

#9AE457 #57E1E4 #A157E4 #E45B57

split-complementary

#9AE457 #5B57E4 #E457E1

monochromatic

#5DA61B #7ADB23 #9AE457 #BAEC8C #D9F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9AE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#9AE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AE457

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AE457	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)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ae457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.188 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bced8c',
    500: '#9ae457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ae457;
$custom-light: #bced8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ae457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.489,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84201,
    "c": 0.18803,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AE457

secondary

#7237A8

accent

#11D478

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AE457

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

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