#9EC242#9EC242

#9EC242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.158 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC242
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(77, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -30.42, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 65.55, 117.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0878 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.158 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3760, 46.2458, 12.2685)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC242 #6642C2

analogous

#C2A642 #9EC242 #5EC242

triadic

#9EC242 #429EC2 #C2429E

tetradic

#9EC242 #42C2A6 #6642C2 #C2425E

square

#9EC242 #42C2A6 #6642C2 #C2425E

split-complementary

#9EC242 #425EC2 #A642C2

monochromatic

#546822 #7A9631 #9EC242 #B6D170 #CDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#9EC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#9EC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC242

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC242	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.158 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed47d',
    500: '#9ec242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec242;
$custom-light: #bed47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76292,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC242

secondary

#A394CC

accent

#4DDB75

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC242

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

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