#9EC42B#9EC42B

#9EC42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.175 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC42B
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -32.64, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 74.16, 116.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0958 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.175 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2770, 46.9232, 9.5363)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC42B #512BC4

analogous

#C49E2B #9EC42B #52C42B

triadic

#9EC42B #2B9EC4 #C42B9E

tetradic

#9EC42B #2BC49E #512BC4 #C42B52

square

#9EC42B #2BC49E #512BC4 #C42B52

split-complementary

#9EC42B #2B52C4 #9E2BC4

monochromatic

#4D6015 #769220 #9EC42B #B8D953 #CDE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#9EC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC42B

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC42B	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.175 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd671',
    500: '#9ec42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec42b;
$custom-light: #bfd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.902,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76599,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC42B

secondary

#917DCE

accent

#41E76A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC42B

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

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