#9BE059#9BE059

#9BE059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.181 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE059
RGB	rgb(155, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(91, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -43.28, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 72.23, 126.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.1211 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.181 132)
XYZ	xyz(41.9758, 60.9997, 19.0118)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE059 #9E59E0

analogous

#DEE059 #9BE059 #59E05B

triadic

#9BE059 #599BE0 #E0599B

tetradic

#9BE059 #59DEE0 #9E59E0 #E05B59

square

#9BE059 #59DEE0 #9E59E0 #E05B59

split-complementary

#9BE059 #5B59E0 #E059DE

monochromatic

#5EA11E #7CD428 #9BE059 #BAEA8D #D9F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#9BE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#9BE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE059

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE059	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DD7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.181 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcea8d',
    500: '#9be059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be059;
$custom-light: #bcea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.667,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83336,
    "c": 0.18079,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.61001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE059

secondary

#703AA4

accent

#15D075

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE059

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

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