#9BE859#9BE859

#9BE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.191 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE859
RGB	rgb(155, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -46.70, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 76.35, 127.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.1305 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.191 133)
XYZ	xyz(44.1766, 65.4013, 19.7454)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE859 #A659E8

analogous

#E2E859 #9BE859 #59E85F

triadic

#9BE859 #599BE8 #E8599B

tetradic

#9BE859 #59E2E8 #A659E8 #E85F59

square

#9BE859 #59E2E8 #A659E8 #E85F59

split-complementary

#9BE859 #5F59E8 #E859E2

monochromatic

#5EAE18 #7BE123 #9BE859 #BBEF8F #DCF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#9BE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#9BE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE859

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE859	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.191 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf08d',
    500: '#9be859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be859;
$custom-light: #bdf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.308,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85217,
    "c": 0.19115,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.65403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE859

secondary

#7736AF

accent

#0ED87B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE859

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

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