#9BEC59#9BEC59

#9BEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.196 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEC59
RGB	rgb(155, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(93, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -48.38, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 78.38, 128.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.1351 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.196 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3154, 67.6789, 20.1250)
Luminance	0.6768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEC59 #AA59EC

analogous

#E4EC59 #9BEC59 #59EC60

triadic

#9BEC59 #599BEC #EC599B

tetradic

#9BEC59 #59E4EC #AA59EC #EC6059

square

#9BEC59 #59E4EC #AA59EC #EC6059

split-complementary

#9BEC59 #6059EC #EC59E4

monochromatic

#5DB615 #7AE622 #9BEC59 #BCF290 #DDF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#9BEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#9BEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEC59

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEC59	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BE3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.196 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf28e',
    500: '#9bec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bec59;
$custom-light: #bdf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.061,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86159,
    "c": 0.19627,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEC59

secondary

#7B34B5

accent

#0ADC7D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEC59

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

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