#9BEC57#9BEC57

#9BEC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.198 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEC57
RGB	rgb(155, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(93, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(93, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -48.55, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 79.12, 127.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.1357 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.198 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2326, 67.6457, 19.6886)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEC57 #A857EC

analogous

#E6EC57 #9BEC57 #57EC5D

triadic

#9BEC57 #579BEC #EC579B

tetradic

#9BEC57 #57E6EC #A857EC #EC5D57

square

#9BEC57 #57E6EC #A857EC #EC5D57

split-complementary

#9BEC57 #5D57EC #EC57E6

monochromatic

#5DB414 #7AE620 #9BEC57 #BCF28E #DCF8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#9BEC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#9BEC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEC57

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEC57	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CE3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.198 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf28c',
    500: '#9bec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bec57;
$custom-light: #bdf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.617,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8614,
    "c": 0.19775,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEC57

secondary

#7933B4

accent

#0ADC7C

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEC57

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

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