#9EC23B#9EC23B

#9EC23B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.163 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC23B
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(76, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -30.87, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 68.13, 116.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0897 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.163 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1821, 46.1682, 11.2474)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC23B #5F3BC2

analogous

#C2A33B #9EC23B #5BC23B

triadic

#9EC23B #3B9EC2 #C23B9E

tetradic

#9EC23B #3BC2A3 #5F3BC2 #C23B5B

square

#9EC23B #3BC2A3 #5F3BC2 #C23B5B

split-complementary

#9EC23B #3B5BC2 #A33BC2

monochromatic

#52641E #78932D #9EC23B #B5D169 #CCE098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#9EC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC23B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC23B	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.163 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed479',
    500: '#9ec23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec23b;
$custom-light: #bed479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76235,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC23B

secondary

#9E8ECB

accent

#4BDD72

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC23B

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

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