#9BE957#9BE957

#9BE957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.194 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE957
RGB	rgb(155, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(92, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -47.29, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 77.60, 127.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.1322 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.194 133)
XYZ	xyz(44.3761, 65.9328, 19.4031)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE957 #A557E9

analogous

#E4E957 #9BE957 #57E95C

triadic

#9BE957 #579BE9 #E9579B

tetradic

#9BE957 #57E4E9 #A557E9 #E95C57

square

#9BE957 #57E4E9 #A557E9 #E95C57

split-complementary

#9BE957 #5C57E9 #E957E4

monochromatic

#5EAF17 #7BE221 #9BE957 #BBF08D #DBF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9BE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#9BE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE957

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE957	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.194 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf08c',
    500: '#9be957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be957;
$custom-light: #bdf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.055,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85433,
    "c": 0.19394,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.65935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE957

secondary

#7635AF

accent

#0CD97A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE957

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

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