#609E40#609E40

#609E40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.143 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609E40
RGB	rgb(96, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(100, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(100, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -37.39, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 56.29, 131.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.1034 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.143 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9757, 27.3098, 9.1737)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609E40 #7E409E

analogous

#8F9E40 #609E40 #409E4F

triadic

#609E40 #40609E #9E4060

tetradic

#609E40 #408F9E #7E409E #9E4F40

square

#609E40 #408F9E #7E409E #9E4F40

split-complementary

#609E40 #4F409E #9E408F

monochromatic

#2B471D #46722E #609E40 #7EBE5E #A1CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#609E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#609E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609E40

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609E40	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E998A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.143 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bb78',
    500: '#609e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609e40;
$custom-light: #91bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.574,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609E40

secondary

#A680BA

accent

#56D2A8

background

#F9FBF7

surface

#F1F6ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0D1209

muted

#7E817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #609E40

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

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