#9BE359#9BE359

#9BE359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.185 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE359
RGB	rgb(155, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -44.57, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 73.78, 127.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.1246 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.185 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7892, 62.6265, 19.2829)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE359 #A159E3

analogous

#E0E359 #9BE359 #59E35C

triadic

#9BE359 #599BE3 #E3599B

tetradic

#9BE359 #59E0E3 #A159E3 #E35C59

square

#9BE359 #59E0E3 #A159E3 #E35C59

split-complementary

#9BE359 #5C59E3 #E359E0

monochromatic

#5EA61C #7BDA25 #9BE359 #BBEC8D #DAF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#9BE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#9BE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE359

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE359	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.185 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcec8d',
    500: '#9be359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be359;
$custom-light: #bcec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.304,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84041,
    "c": 0.18469,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE359

secondary

#7338A8

accent

#12D377

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE359

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

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