#9EC42F#9EC42F

#9EC42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.173 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC42F
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -32.46, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 73.00, 116.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.095 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.173 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3540, 46.9540, 9.9419)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC42F #552FC4

analogous

#C49F2F #9EC42F #53C42F

triadic

#9EC42F #2F9EC4 #C42F9E

tetradic

#9EC42F #2FC49F #552FC4 #C42F53

square

#9EC42F #2FC49F #552FC4 #C42F53

split-complementary

#9EC42F #2F53C4 #9F2FC4

monochromatic

#4E6117 #769323 #9EC42F #B7D759 #CCE38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#9EC42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC42F

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC42F	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.173 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd673',
    500: '#9ec42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec42f;
$custom-light: #bfd673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.302,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76621,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC42F

secondary

#9582CD

accent

#43E46C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC42F

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

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