#9EC438#9EC438

#9EC438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.168 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC438
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(76, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -31.99, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 70.11, 117.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.093 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.168 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5547, 47.0342, 10.9987)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC438 #5E38C4

analogous

#C4A438 #9EC438 #58C438

triadic

#9EC438 #389EC4 #C4389E

tetradic

#9EC438 #38C4A4 #5E38C4 #C43858

square

#9EC438 #38C4A4 #5E38C4 #C43858

split-complementary

#9EC438 #3858C4 #A438C4

monochromatic

#51651D #78942A #9EC438 #B6D366 #CCE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#9EC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC438

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC438	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.168 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed678',
    500: '#9ec438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec438;
$custom-light: #bed678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76679,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC438

secondary

#9D8CCC

accent

#49DF72

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC438

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

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