#9BEB57#9BEB57

#9BEB57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.196 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEB57
RGB	rgb(155, 235, 87)
HSL	hsl(92, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(92, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -48.13, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 78.61, 127.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.1345 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.196 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9455, 67.0715, 19.5929)
Luminance	0.6707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEB57 #A757EB

analogous

#E5EB57 #9BEB57 #57EB5D

triadic

#9BEB57 #579BEB #EB579B

tetradic

#9BEB57 #57E5EB #A757EB #EB5D57

square

#9BEB57 #57E5EB #A757EB #EB5D57

split-complementary

#9BEB57 #5D57EB #EB57E5

monochromatic

#5DB215 #7AE420 #9BEB57 #BCF28E #DCF8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#9BEB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#9BEB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEB57

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEB57	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9beb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 235, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.196 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf28c',
    500: '#9beb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9beb57;
$custom-light: #bdf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9beb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.432,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85904,
    "c": 0.19648,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEB57

secondary

#7834B3

accent

#0ADB7B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEB57

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

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