#9BE357#9BE357

#9BE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.186 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE357
RGB	rgb(155, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(91, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -44.75, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 74.54, 126.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.1253 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.186 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7064, 62.5933, 18.8466)
Luminance	0.6260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE357 #9F57E3

analogous

#E1E357 #9BE357 #57E359

triadic

#9BE357 #579BE3 #E3579B

tetradic

#9BE357 #57E1E3 #9F57E3 #E35957

square

#9BE357 #57E1E3 #9F57E3 #E35957

split-complementary

#9BE357 #5957E3 #E357E1

monochromatic

#5EA41B #7CD924 #9BE357 #BAEC8B #D9F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#9BE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#9BE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE357

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE357	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.186 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdec8c',
    500: '#9be357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be357;
$custom-light: #bdec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84022,
    "c": 0.18624,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE357

secondary

#7138A7

accent

#12D376

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE357

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

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