#9EC16D#9EC16D

#9EC16D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC16D
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(85, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(85, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -25.87, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 46.31, 123.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0715 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.118 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9305, 46.5127, 21.5499)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC16D #906DC1

analogous

#C1BA6D #9EC16D #74C16D

triadic

#9EC16D #6D9EC1 #C16D9E

tetradic

#9EC16D #6DC1BA #906DC1 #C16D74

square

#9EC16D #6DC1BA #906DC1 #C16D74

split-complementary

#9EC16D #6D74C1 #BA6DC1

monochromatic

#607E36 #81A948 #9EC16D #BBD398 #D7E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9EC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#9EC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC16D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC16D	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd398',
    500: '#9ec16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec16d;
$custom-light: #bcd398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 40.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76579,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC16D

secondary

#C2B4D5

accent

#58D08A

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F9F2

border

#D0D2CC

text

#12140E

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC16D

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

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