#9DE256#9DE256

#9DE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.185 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DE256
RGB	rgb(157, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(90, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -43.70, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 74.11, 126.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.1226 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.185 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7802, 62.2313, 18.5601)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DE256 #9B56E2

analogous

#E2E156 #9DE256 #57E256

triadic

#9DE256 #569DE2 #E2569D

tetradic

#9DE256 #56E2E1 #9B56E2 #E25657

square

#9DE256 #56E2E1 #9B56E2 #E25657

split-complementary

#9DE256 #5657E2 #E156E2

monochromatic

#60A21C #7FD625 #9DE256 #BBEB8A #DAF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9DE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#9DE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DE256

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DE256	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9de256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.185 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beeb8b',
    500: '#9de256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9de256;
$custom-light: #beeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9de256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.18473,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DE256

secondary

#6D38A5

accent

#13D371

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DE256

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

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