#9EE859#9EE859
#9EE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.190 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EE859 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 232, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(31.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.84, -45.67, 60.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.84, 75.89, 127.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.38% -0.1278 0.1401) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.38% 0.19 132.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.7597, 65.7020, 19.7727) |
| Luminance | 0.6570 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.46
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 2.78
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.55
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 3.91
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.49
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 4.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EE859 #A359E8
analogous
#E5E859 #9EE859 #59E85B
triadic
#9EE859 #599EE8 #E8599E
tetradic
#9EE859 #59E5E8 #A359E8 #E85B59
square
#9EE859 #59E5E8 #A359E8 #E85B59
split-complementary
#9EE859 #5B59E8 #E859E5
monochromatic
#61AE18 #7FE123 #9EE859 #BDEF8F #DDF7C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#9EE859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.14
#9EE859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EE859
14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EE859 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EE859 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D848
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D264
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A0DFCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ee859; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 232, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.190 132.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfef8d',
500: '#9ee859',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ee859; $custom-light: #bfef8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ee859",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 232,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 91.049,
"s": 75.661,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85384,
"c": 0.18965,
"h": 132.4
},
"luminance": 0.65704
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EE859
secondary
#7536AF
accent
#0ED876
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#82857F