#9BE85E#9BE85E
#9BE85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.187 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9BE85E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(155, 232, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.73, -46.26, 58.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.73, 74.45, 128.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.27% -0.1289 0.1358) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.27% 0.187 133.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.3938, 65.4882, 20.8889) |
| Luminance | 0.6549 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.80
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.32
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.37
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 3.75
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.56
Light Green
#96F97B
ΔE00 4.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9BE85E #AB5EE8
analogous
#E0E85E #9BE85E #5EE866
triadic
#9BE85E #5E9BE8 #E85E9B
tetradic
#9BE85E #5EE0E8 #AB5EE8 #E8665E
square
#9BE85E #5EE0E8 #AB5EE8 #E8665E
split-complementary
#9BE85E #665EE8 #E85EE0
monochromatic
#5DB219 #7AE028 #9BE85E #BCF094 #DEF7C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#9BE85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.10
#9BE85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9BE85E
14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9BE85E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9BE85E | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.10 | 14.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D84F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D168
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9BE0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9be85e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 232, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.187 133.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdf090',
500: '#9be85e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9be85e; $custom-light: #bdf090; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9be85e",
"rgb": {
"r": 155,
"g": 232,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 93.478,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85268,
"c": 0.18724,
"h": 133.5
},
"luminance": 0.6549
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9BE85E
secondary
#7C38B3
accent
#0ED77E
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#12160D
muted
#82857F