#9DE459#9DE459
#9DE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.185 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9DE459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(157, 228, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(31.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.64, -44.31, 59.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.64, 74.00, 126.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.39% -0.124 0.1373) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.39% 0.185 132.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.4506, 63.3747, 19.3925) |
| Luminance | 0.6338 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.60
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.50
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.36
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.67
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.33
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 5.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9DE459 #A059E4
analogous
#E3E459 #9DE459 #59E45A
triadic
#9DE459 #599DE4 #E4599D
tetradic
#9DE459 #59E3E4 #A059E4 #E45A59
square
#9DE459 #59E3E4 #A059E4 #E45A59
split-complementary
#9DE459 #5A59E4 #E459E3
monochromatic
#60A71B #7EDB24 #9DE459 #BCED8E #DBF5C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#9DE459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.68
#9DE459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9DE459
13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9DE459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9DE459 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.68 | 13.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD449
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9FDBC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9de459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 228, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.185 132.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#beed8d',
500: '#9de459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9de459; $custom-light: #beed8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9de459",
"rgb": {
"r": 157,
"g": 228,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 90.647,
"s": 72.021,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8439,
"c": 0.18499,
"h": 132.1
},
"luminance": 0.63376
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9DE459
secondary
#7238A9
accent
#11D475
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#12160D
muted
#82857F