#9EBE40#9EBE40

#9EBE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.155 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBE40
RGB	rgb(158, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(75, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -28.66, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 64.38, 116.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0831 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.155 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4398, 44.4661, 11.6706)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBE40 #6040BE

analogous

#BE9F40 #9EBE40 #5FBE40

triadic

#9EBE40 #409EBE #BE409E

tetradic

#9EBE40 #40BE9F #6040BE #BE405F

square

#9EBE40 #40BE9F #6040BE #BE405F

split-complementary

#9EBE40 #405FBE #9F40BE

monochromatic

#526221 #789031 #9EBE40 #B5CE6D #CDDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9EBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#9EBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBE40

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBE40	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.155 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed17b',
    500: '#9ebe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebe40;
$custom-light: #bed17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBE40

secondary

#9F90C9

accent

#4FD972

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBE40

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

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