#9BEB51#9BEB51

#9BEB51 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.201 H 132.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEB51
RGB	rgb(155, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(91, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(91, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -48.61, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 80.77, 127.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.1363 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.201 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7105, 66.9775, 18.3552)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEB51 #A151EB

analogous

#E8EB51 #9BEB51 #51EB54

triadic

#9BEB51 #519BEB #EB519B

tetradic

#9BEB51 #51E8EB #A151EB #EB5451

square

#9BEB51 #51E8EB #A151EB #EB5451

split-complementary

#9BEB51 #5451EB #EB51E8

monochromatic

#5EAE14 #7BE51A #9BEB51 #BBF188 #DAF8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#9BEB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#9BEB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEB51

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEB51	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9beb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.201 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf289',
    500: '#9beb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9beb51;
$custom-light: #bdf289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9beb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.169,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8585,
    "c": 0.20078,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEB51

secondary

#7332AE

accent

#0ADC77

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEB51

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

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