#9BE959#9BE959

#9BE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.192 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BE959
RGB	rgb(155, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(93, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -47.12, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 76.86, 127.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.1316 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.192 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4589, 65.9659, 19.8395)
Luminance	0.6597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BE959 #A759E9

analogous

#E3E959 #9BE959 #59E95F

triadic

#9BE959 #599BE9 #E9599B

tetradic

#9BE959 #59E3E9 #A759E9 #E95F59

square

#9BE959 #59E3E9 #A759E9 #E95F59

split-complementary

#9BE959 #5F59E9 #E959E3

monochromatic

#5DB017 #7AE223 #9BE959 #BCF08F #DCF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#9BE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#9BE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BE959

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BE959	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)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9be959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.192 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf08d',
    500: '#9be959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9be959;
$custom-light: #bdf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9be959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85453,
    "c": 0.19243,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BE959

secondary

#7835B1

accent

#0DD97B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BE959

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

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