#9EC221#9EC221

#9EC221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.177 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC221
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(73, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -32.09, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 75.87, 115.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.095 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.177 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6674, 45.9624, 8.5365)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC221 #4521C2

analogous

#C29621 #9EC221 #4EC221

triadic

#9EC221 #219EC2 #C2219E

tetradic

#9EC221 #21C296 #4521C2 #C2214E

square

#9EC221 #21C296 #4521C2 #C2214E

split-complementary

#9EC221 #214EC2 #9621C2

monochromatic

#49590F #738E18 #9EC221 #BCDF41 #CEE876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#9EC221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC221

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC221	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)

#C9B534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.177 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd46d',
    500: '#9ec221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec221;
$custom-light: #bfd46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.416,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76085,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC221

secondary

#8570CF

accent

#3AEE62

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC221

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

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