#9EBC2A#9EBC2A

#9EBC2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.166 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBC2A
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -28.92, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 70.94, 114.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0857 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.166 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5023, 43.4027, 8.8553)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBC2A #482ABC

analogous

#BC912A #9EBC2A #55BC2A

triadic

#9EBC2A #2A9EBC #BC2A9E

tetradic

#9EBC2A #2ABC91 #482ABC #BC2A55

square

#9EBC2A #2ABC91 #482ABC #BC2A55

split-complementary

#9EBC2A #2A55BC #912ABC

monochromatic

#4A5814 #748A1F #9EBC2A #BBD74C #CEE27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#9EBC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#9EBC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBC2A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBC2A	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebc2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.166 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed070',
    500: '#9ebc2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebc2a;
$custom-light: #bed070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebc2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.329,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBC2A

secondary

#8877CB

accent

#41E763

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBC2A

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

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