#9EB440#9EB440

#9EB440 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB440
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -23.81, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 59.60, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0696 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.143 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3477, 40.2820, 10.9733)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB440 #5640B4

analogous

#B49040 #9EB440 #64B440

triadic

#9EB440 #409EB4 #B4409E

tetradic

#9EB440 #40B490 #5640B4 #B44064

square

#9EB440 #40B490 #5640B4 #B44064

split-complementary

#9EB440 #4064B4 #9040B4

monochromatic

#4F5A20 #768730 #9EB440 #B7C968 #CCD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9EB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#9EB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB440

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB440	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca7a',
    500: '#9eb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb440;
$custom-light: #bdca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.379,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB440

secondary

#968BC5

accent

#51D76A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB440

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

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