#9BE559#9BE559

#9BE559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.187 H 132.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE559
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(92, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -45.43, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 74.81, 127.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.127 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.187 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3394, 63.7268, 19.4663)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE559 #A359E5

analogous

#E1E559 #9BE559 #59E55D

triadic

#9BE559 #599BE5 #E5599B

tetradic

#9BE559 #59E1E5 #A359E5 #E55D59

square

#9BE559 #59E1E5 #A359E5 #E55D59

split-complementary

#9BE559 #5D59E5 #E559E1

monochromatic

#5EA91A #7BDD24 #9BE559 #BBED8E #DBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9BE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#9BE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE559

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE559	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.187 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bded8d',
    500: '#9be559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be559;
$custom-light: #bded8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.18728,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE559

secondary

#7437AB

accent

#10D578

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE559

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

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