#9EB540#9EB540

#9EB540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB540
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -24.30, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 60.07, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.071 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.144 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5503, 40.6872, 11.0408)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB540 #5740B5

analogous

#B59140 #9EB540 #63B540

triadic

#9EB540 #409EB5 #B5409E

tetradic

#9EB540 #40B591 #5740B5 #B54063

square

#9EB540 #40B591 #5740B5 #B54063

split-complementary

#9EB540 #4063B5 #9140B5

monochromatic

#4F5B20 #778830 #9EB540 #B7CA68 #CCDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9EB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#9EB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB540

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB540	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcb7b',
    500: '#9eb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb540;
$custom-light: #bdcb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.795,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB540

secondary

#978BC5

accent

#50D76B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB540

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

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