#9EB442#9EB442

#9EB442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB442
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -23.67, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 58.78, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.069 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.141 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4057, 40.3051, 11.2784)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB442 #5842B4

analogous

#B49142 #9EB442 #65B442

triadic

#9EB442 #429EB4 #B4429E

tetradic

#9EB442 #42B491 #5842B4 #B44265

square

#9EB442 #42B491 #5842B4 #B44265

split-complementary

#9EB442 #4265B4 #9142B4

monochromatic

#4F5A21 #778732 #9EB442 #B6C96B #CCD997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9EB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#9EB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB442

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB442	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca7c',
    500: '#9eb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb442;
$custom-light: #bdca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB442

secondary

#988DC5

accent

#52D66B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB442

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

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