#9EC22B#9EC22B

#9EC22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.172 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC22B
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 43)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(74, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -31.71, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 73.28, 115.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0932 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.172 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8289, 46.0269, 9.3869)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC22B #4F2BC2

analogous

#C29B2B #9EC22B #52C22B

triadic

#9EC22B #2B9EC2 #C22B9E

tetradic

#9EC22B #2BC29B #4F2BC2 #C22B52

square

#9EC22B #2BC29B #4F2BC2 #C22B52

split-complementary

#9EC22B #2B52C2 #9B2BC2

monochromatic

#4C5E15 #759020 #9EC22B #B8D952 #CDE484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9EC22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC22B

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC22B	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.172 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd471',
    500: '#9ec22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec22b;
$custom-light: #bfd471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.305,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76132,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC22B

secondary

#8F7CCD

accent

#41E769

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC22B

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

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