#9BEE59#9BEE59

#9BEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.199 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEE59
RGB	rgb(155, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(93, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -49.22, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 79.40, 128.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.1373 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.199 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8945, 68.8370, 20.3180)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEE59 #AC59EE

analogous

#E5EE59 #9BEE59 #59EE62

triadic

#9BEE59 #599BEE #EE599B

tetradic

#9BEE59 #59E5EE #AC59EE #EE6259

square

#9BEE59 #59E5EE #AC59EE #EE6259

split-complementary

#9BEE59 #6259EE #EE59E5

monochromatic

#5DBA13 #7AE821 #9BEE59 #BCF491 #DEF9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#9BEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#9BEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEE59

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEE59	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BE5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.199 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf48e',
    500: '#9bee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bee59;
$custom-light: #bdf48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.423,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8663,
    "c": 0.19881,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEE59

secondary

#7D33B9

accent

#08DE7F

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEE59

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

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