#9DE659#9DE659

#9DE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.188 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DE659
RGB	rgb(157, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(91, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -45.16, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 75.02, 127.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.1264 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.188 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0040, 64.4814, 19.5769)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DE659 #A259E6

analogous

#E3E659 #9DE659 #59E65C

triadic

#9DE659 #599DE6 #E6599D

tetradic

#9DE659 #59E3E6 #A259E6 #E65C59

square

#9DE659 #59E3E6 #A259E6 #E65C59

split-complementary

#9DE659 #5C59E6 #E659E3

monochromatic

#60AB1A #7EDE24 #9DE659 #BCEE8E #DCF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#9DE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#9DE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DE659

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DE659	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9de659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.188 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beee8d',
    500: '#9de659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9de659;
$custom-light: #beee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9de659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.064,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.18758,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DE659

secondary

#7437AC

accent

#10D676

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DE659

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

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