#9BE85B#9BE85B
#9BE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.190 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BE85B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 232, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.71, -46.53, 59.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.71, 75.59, 127.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.24% -0.1298 0.1382) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.24% 0.19 133.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.2618, 65.4354, 20.1937) |
| Luminance | 0.6544 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.52
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.06
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.35
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 3.83
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.55
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BE85B #A85BE8
analogous
#E1E85B #9BE85B #5BE861
triadic
#9BE85B #5B9BE8 #E85B9B
tetradic
#9BE85B #5BE1E8 #A85BE8 #E8615B
square
#9BE85B #5BE1E8 #A85BE8 #E8615B
split-complementary
#9BE85B #615BE8 #E85BE1
monochromatic
#5DB019 #7AE025 #9BE85B #BCF091 #DCF7C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#9BE85B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.09
#9BE85B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BE85B
14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BE85B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BE85B | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.09 | 14.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D74B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D166
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9CDFCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9be85b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.190 133.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdf08e',
500: '#9be85b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9be85b; $custom-light: #bdf08e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9be85b",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 232,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 92.766,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85237,
"c": 0.1896,
"h": 133.2
},
"luminance": 0.65437
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BE85B
secondary
#7937B1
accent
#0ED87C
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#12160D
muted
#82857F