#9EDD5B#9EDD5B

#9EDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.174 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDD5B
RGB	rgb(158, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(89, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -40.73, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 69.44, 125.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.1141 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.174 131)
XYZ	xyz(41.8449, 59.7361, 19.2210)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDD5B #9A5BDD

analogous

#DDDB5B #9EDD5B #5DDD5B

triadic

#9EDD5B #5B9EDD #DD5B9E

tetradic

#9EDD5B #5BDDDB #9A5BDD #DD5B5D

square

#9EDD5B #5BDDDB #9A5BDD #DD5B5D

split-complementary

#9EDD5B #5B5DDD #DB5BDD

monochromatic

#619D21 #80D02B #9EDD5B #BCE88E #DAF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9EDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#9EDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDD5B

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDD5B	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9edd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.174 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee88e',
    500: '#9edd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9edd5b;
$custom-light: #bee88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9edd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8283,
    "c": 0.17373,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.59737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDD5B

secondary

#6D3BA1

accent

#18CE70

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDD5B

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

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