#9DE259#9DE259

#9DE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.182 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DE259
RGB	rgb(157, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(90, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -43.44, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 72.97, 126.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.1216 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.182 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9036, 62.2807, 19.2101)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DE259 #9E59E2

analogous

#E1E259 #9DE259 #59E25A

triadic

#9DE259 #599DE2 #E2599D

tetradic

#9DE259 #59E1E2 #9E59E2 #E25A59

square

#9DE259 #59E1E2 #9E59E2 #E25A59

split-complementary

#9DE259 #5A59E2 #E259E1

monochromatic

#60A41D #7ED826 #9DE259 #BCEB8D #DBF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#9DE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#9DE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DE259

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DE259	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FD9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9de259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.182 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beeb8d',
    500: '#9de259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9de259;
$custom-light: #beeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9de259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.219,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DE259

secondary

#7039A6

accent

#13D273

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DE259

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

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