#9EC22A#9EC22A

#9EC22A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.173 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC22A
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(74, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -31.75, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 73.56, 115.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0934 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.173 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8108, 46.0197, 9.2915)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC22A #4E2AC2

analogous

#C29A2A #9EC22A #52C22A

triadic

#9EC22A #2A9EC2 #C22A9E

tetradic

#9EC22A #2AC29A #4E2AC2 #C22A52

square

#9EC22A #2AC29A #4E2AC2 #C22A52

split-complementary

#9EC22A #2A52C2 #9A2AC2

monochromatic

#4C5D14 #75901F #9EC22A #B9D950 #CDE482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#9EC22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC22A

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC22A	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.173 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd471',
    500: '#9ec22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec22a;
$custom-light: #bfd471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.211,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC22A

secondary

#8E7BCD

accent

#40E768

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC22A

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

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