#9BE557#9BE557
#9BE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.189 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BE557 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 229, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.81, -45.60, 60.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.81, 75.57, 127.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.49% -0.1276 0.1392) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.49% 0.189 132.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.2566, 63.6937, 19.0300) |
| Luminance | 0.6370 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.26
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.20
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.08
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.53
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.17
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 5.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BE557 #A157E5
analogous
#E2E557 #9BE557 #57E55A
triadic
#9BE557 #579BE5 #E5579B
tetradic
#9BE557 #57E2E5 #A157E5 #E55A57
square
#9BE557 #57E2E5 #A157E5 #E55A57
split-complementary
#9BE557 #5A57E5 #E557E2
monochromatic
#5EA81A #7BDD22 #9BE557 #BBED8C #DAF5C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#9BE557 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.74
#9BE557 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BE557
13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BE557 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BE557 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.74 | 13.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED546
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9CDCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9be557; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.189 132.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bded8c',
500: '#9be557',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9be557; $custom-light: #bded8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9be557",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 229,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 91.268,
"s": 73.196,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84492,
"c": 0.18882,
"h": 132.5
},
"luminance": 0.63695
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BE557
secondary
#7337AA
accent
#10D577
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#12160C
muted
#82857F