#9BE856#9BE856

#9BE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.193 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE856
RGB	rgb(155, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(92, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(92, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -46.95, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 77.46, 127.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.1314 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.193 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0532, 65.3520, 19.0954)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE856 #A356E8

analogous

#E4E856 #9BE856 #56E85A

triadic

#9BE856 #569BE8 #E8569B

tetradic

#9BE856 #56E4E8 #A356E8 #E85A56

square

#9BE856 #56E4E8 #A356E8 #E85A56

split-complementary

#9BE856 #5A56E8 #E856E4

monochromatic

#5EAC17 #7BE120 #9BE856 #BBEF8C #DBF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#9BE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#9BE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE856

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE856	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.193 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf08c',
    500: '#9be856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be856;
$custom-light: #bdf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.644,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85189,
    "c": 0.19341,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE856

secondary

#7435AD

accent

#0DD878

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE856

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

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