#9BE55B#9BE55B

#9BE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.186 H 132.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE55B
RGB	rgb(155, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(92, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -45.25, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 74.05, 127.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.1263 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.186 132.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4245, 63.7609, 19.9146)
Luminance	0.6376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE55B #A55BE5

analogous

#E0E55B #9BE55B #5BE560

triadic

#9BE55B #5B9BE5 #E55B9B

tetradic

#9BE55B #5BE0E5 #A55BE5 #E5605B

square

#9BE55B #5BE0E5 #A55BE5 #E5605B

split-complementary

#9BE55B #605BE5 #E55BE0

monochromatic

#5EAB1B #7BDD26 #9BE55B #BBED90 #DBF6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#9BE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#9BE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE55B

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE55B	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)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.186 132.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bded8e',
    500: '#9be55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be55b;
$custom-light: #bded8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84532,
    "c": 0.18572,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE55B

secondary

#7638AC

accent

#11D57A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE55B

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

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