#9EC23E#9EC23E

#9EC23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.161 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC23E
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(76, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -30.69, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 67.05, 117.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0889 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.161 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2622, 46.2003, 11.6690)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC23E #623EC2

analogous

#C2A43E #9EC23E #5CC23E

triadic

#9EC23E #3E9EC2 #C23E9E

tetradic

#9EC23E #3EC2A4 #623EC2 #C23E5C

square

#9EC23E #3EC2A4 #623EC2 #C23E5C

split-complementary

#9EC23E #3E5CC2 #A43EC2

monochromatic

#536620 #78942F #9EC23E #B5D16D #CDDF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#9EC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC23E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC23E	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.161 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed47b',
    500: '#9ec23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec23e;
$custom-light: #bed47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76258,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC23E

secondary

#A090CB

accent

#4CDB73

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC23E

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

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