#9BFD39

sRGB · 155 / 253 / 57

#9BFD39 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 155 red, 253 green and 57 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 90.0° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 98.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 155, 253, 57
HSL: 90.00°, 98.00%, 60.78%
HSV / HSB: 90.00°, 77.47%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 38.74%, 0.00%, 77.47%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.379, 77.513, 16.231
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.557, -57.345, 77.682
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77515
24-bit decimal: 10222905

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #9BFD39 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 16.50:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.27:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9B39FD sits half a turn (180°) from #9BFD39 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#9BFD39 #9B39FD

Analogous

#FDFD39 and #39FD39 sit 30° to either side of #9BFD39. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FDFD39 #9BFD39 #39FD39

Triadic

#9BFD39, #399BFD and #FD399B are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9BFD39 #399BFD #FD399B

Split complementary

Start at #9BFD39 and look across the wheel. #3939FD and #FD39FD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9BFD39 #3939FD #FD39FD

Square

Starting with #9BFD39, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #39FDFD, #9B39FD, then #FD3939. Across the square, #9BFD39 pairs with #9B39FD, and #39FDFD with #FD3939.

#9BFD39 #39FDFD #9B39FD #FD3939

Tetradic

#9BFD39 and #9B39FD are opposites, as are #39FD9B and #FD399B. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9BFD39 #39FD9B #9B39FD #FD399B

Tints

Mixing #9BFD39 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFFD61, keeps 80% of the original. By #EBFFD7, the mixture is 80% white.

#9BFD39 #AFFD61 #C3FE88 #D7FEB0 #EBFFD7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9BFD39 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7CCA2E, keeps 80% of the original. By #1F330B, the mixture is 80% black.

#9BFD39 #7CCA2E #5D9822 #3E6517 #1F330B #000000

Tones

Mixing #9BFD39 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96E447, keeps 80% of the original. By #859972, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9BFD39 #96E447 #90CB55 #8BB264 #859972 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#9BFD39

RGB

rgb(155 253 57)

HSL

hsl(90.000 98.000% 60.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9BFD39;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9BFD39 uses 155 red, 253 green and 57 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 60.8%

Green 99.2%

Blue 22.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9BFD39 is 38.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 77.5% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 38.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 77.5%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99FF33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9F3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9BFD39 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99FF33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99FF33 Nearest web-safe · #99FF33

Gradient to complement

#9BFD39 #9BDC5A #9BBC7A #9B9B9B #9B7ABC #9B5ADC #9B39FD

Color vision previews

Compare how #9BFD39 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFE900

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FAE14F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9BF3D9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E9EF2A

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E3EB47

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A1F890

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E4E4E4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C4F1AB

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.32778 G 0.98225 B 0.04092

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69717 G 0.98244 B 0.37182

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.44397 G 0.96053 B 0.11397

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.345 y 0.542 Y 77.513

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 39.216 M % 0.784 Y % 77.647

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10011011 11111101 00111001