#9EC22D#9EC22D

#9EC22D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.172 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC22D
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(74, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -31.62, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 72.70, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0929 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.172 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8665, 46.0420, 9.5849)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC22D #512DC2

analogous

#C29C2D #9EC22D #53C22D

triadic

#9EC22D #2D9EC2 #C22D9E

tetradic

#9EC22D #2DC29C #512DC2 #C22D53

square

#9EC22D #2DC29C #512DC2 #C22D53

split-complementary

#9EC22D #2D53C2 #9C2DC2

monochromatic

#4D5F16 #769021 #9EC22D #B8D755 #CDE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9EC22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC22D

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC22D	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)

#CEB601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.172 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd472',
    500: '#9ec22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec22d;
$custom-light: #bfd472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.497,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC22D

secondary

#917ECD

accent

#42E56A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC22D

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

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