#9BE459#9BE459

#9BE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.186 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE459
RGB	rgb(155, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(92, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -45.00, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 74.30, 127.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.1258 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.186 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0635, 63.1751, 19.3743)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE459 #A259E4

analogous

#E0E459 #9BE459 #59E45D

triadic

#9BE459 #599BE4 #E4599B

tetradic

#9BE459 #59E0E4 #A259E4 #E45D59

square

#9BE459 #59E0E4 #A259E4 #E45D59

split-complementary

#9BE459 #5D59E4 #E459E0

monochromatic

#5EA71B #7BDB24 #9BE459 #BBED8E #DAF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#9BE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#9BE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE459

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE459	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.186 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bded8d',
    500: '#9be459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be459;
$custom-light: #bded8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.511,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.18599,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE459

secondary

#7338A9

accent

#11D478

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE459

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

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