#9BEF59#9BEF59

#9BEF59 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.200 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BEF59
RGB	rgb(155, 239, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(94, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -49.63, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 79.90, 128.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.1385 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.2 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1864, 69.4208, 20.4153)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BEF59 #AD59EF

analogous

#E6EF59 #9BEF59 #59EF62

triadic

#9BEF59 #599BEF #EF599B

tetradic

#9BEF59 #59E6EF #AD59EF #EF6259

square

#9BEF59 #59E6EF #AD59EF #EF6259

split-complementary

#9BEF59 #6259EF #EF59E6

monochromatic

#5DBC12 #79EA21 #9BEF59 #BDF491 #DEFAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#9BEF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#9BEF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BEF59

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BEF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BEF59	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BE6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9bef59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 239, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.200 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdf58e',
    500: '#9bef59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9bef59;
$custom-light: #bdf58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9bef59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86865,
    "c": 0.20007,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BEF59

secondary

#7E32BA

accent

#07DF80

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BEF59

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

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