#9BE659#9BE659

#9BE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.189 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE659
RGB	rgb(155, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -45.85, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 75.33, 127.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.1281 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.189 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6169, 64.2818, 19.5588)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE659 #A459E6

analogous

#E1E659 #9BE659 #59E65E

triadic

#9BE659 #599BE6 #E6599B

tetradic

#9BE659 #59E1E6 #A459E6 #E65E59

square

#9BE659 #59E1E6 #A459E6 #E65E59

split-complementary

#9BE659 #5E59E6 #E659E1

monochromatic

#5EAB1A #7BDE24 #9BE659 #BBEE8E #DBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#9BE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#9BE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE659

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE659	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.189 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdee8d',
    500: '#9be659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be659;
$custom-light: #bdee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.915,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84747,
    "c": 0.18857,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE659

secondary

#7537AC

accent

#10D679

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE659

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

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