#9EC21D#9EC21D

#9EC21D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.178 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC21D
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 29)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(73, 85%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 85.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -32.22, 69.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 76.75, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0955 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.178 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6147, 45.9413, 8.2588)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC21D #411DC2

analogous

#C2931D #9EC21D #4BC21D

triadic

#9EC21D #1D9EC2 #C21D9E

tetradic

#9EC21D #1DC293 #411DC2 #C21D4B

square

#9EC21D #1DC293 #411DC2 #C21D4B

split-complementary

#9EC21D #1D4BC2 #931DC2

monochromatic

#47580D #738D15 #9EC21D #BDE23B #CFEA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC21D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#9EC21D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC21D

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC21D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC21D	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec21d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.178 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd46c',
    500: '#9ec21d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec21d;
$custom-light: #bfd46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec21d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.091,
    "s": 73.991,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.1783,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC21D

secondary

#816BD0

accent

#37F160

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC21D

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

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