#9EC161#9EC161

#9EC161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC161
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(82, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(82, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -27.23, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 51.89, 121.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0761 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.13 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3281, 46.2717, 18.3771)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC161 #8461C1

analogous

#C1B461 #9EC161 #6EC161

triadic

#9EC161 #619EC1 #C1619E

tetradic

#9EC161 #61C1B4 #8461C1 #C1616E

square

#9EC161 #61C1B4 #8461C1 #C1616E

split-complementary

#9EC161 #616EC1 #B461C1

monochromatic

#5E782F #80A440 #9EC161 #B9D28D #D4E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#9EC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC161

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC161	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd390',
    500: '#9ec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec161;
$custom-light: #bcd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76403,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC161

secondary

#BAABD2

accent

#54D383

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F7F9F1

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC161

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

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