#9EC12A#9EC12A

#9EC12A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.172 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC12A
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(74, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 78.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -31.28, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 73.12, 115.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0922 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.172 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5889, 45.5761, 9.2176)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC12A #4D2AC1

analogous

#C1982A #9EC12A #53C12A

triadic

#9EC12A #2A9EC1 #C12A9E

tetradic

#9EC12A #2AC198 #4D2AC1 #C12A53

square

#9EC12A #2AC198 #4D2AC1 #C12A53

split-complementary

#9EC12A #2A53C1 #982AC1

monochromatic

#4C5C14 #758F1F #9EC12A #B9D94F #CDE482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#9EC12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#9EC12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC12A

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC12A	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.172 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd371',
    500: '#9ec12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec12a;
$custom-light: #bfd371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.907,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.17182,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC12A

secondary

#8D7ACD

accent

#41E767

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC12A

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

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