#9BE851#9BE851
#9BE851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.197 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BE851 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 232, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.62, -47.35, 63.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.62, 79.28, 126.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.14% -0.1329 0.1455) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.14% 0.197 132.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.8588, 65.2742, 18.0713) |
| Luminance | 0.6528 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 1.77
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 2.18
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.67
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.27
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.68
Pale Lime Green
#B1FF65
ΔE00 5.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BE851 #9E51E8
analogous
#E7E851 #9BE851 #51E853
triadic
#9BE851 #519BE8 #E8519B
tetradic
#9BE851 #51E7E8 #9E51E8 #E85351
square
#9BE851 #51E7E8 #9E51E8 #E85351
split-complementary
#9BE851 #5351E8 #E851E7
monochromatic
#5EA816 #7CDE1D #9BE851 #BAEF87 #D9F6BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#9BE851 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.06
#9BE851 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BE851
14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BE851 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BE851 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.06 | 14.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D73D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D15D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9DDFC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9be851; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.197 132.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdf089',
500: '#9be851',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9be851; $custom-light: #bdf089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9be851",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 232,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 90.596,
"s": 76.65,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85143,
"c": 0.19703,
"h": 132.4
},
"luminance": 0.65276
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BE851
secondary
#7033AA
accent
#0DD975
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#12160C
muted
#82857F