#9EC231#9EC231

#9EC231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.169 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC231
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -31.43, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 71.49, 116.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.092 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.169 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9472, 46.0743, 10.0099)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC231 #5531C2

analogous

#C29E31 #9EC231 #55C231

triadic

#9EC231 #319EC2 #C2319E

tetradic

#9EC231 #31C29E #5531C2 #C23155

square

#9EC231 #31C29E #5531C2 #C23155

split-complementary

#9EC231 #3155C2 #9E31C2

monochromatic

#4E6018 #769125 #9EC231 #B7D65B #CCE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#9EC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#9EC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC231

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC231	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)

#CDB610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.169 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed474',
    500: '#9ec231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec231;
$custom-light: #bed474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.897,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC231

secondary

#9583CC

accent

#45E36C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC231

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →