#9EC256#9EC256

#9EC256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC256
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(80, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -28.80, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 57.34, 120.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0815 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.142 125)
XYZ	xyz(35.0721, 46.5242, 15.9346)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC256 #7A56C2

analogous

#C2B056 #9EC256 #68C256

triadic

#9EC256 #569EC2 #C2569E

tetradic

#9EC256 #56C2B0 #7A56C2 #C25668

square

#9EC256 #56C2B0 #7A56C2 #C25668

split-complementary

#9EC256 #5668C2 #B056C2

monochromatic

#5B742A #7FA13A #9EC256 #B8D283 #D2E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#9EC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#9EC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC256

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC256	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd489',
    500: '#9ec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec256;
$custom-light: #bdd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.46525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC256

secondary

#B2A3D1

accent

#51D77E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC256

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

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