#9EC451#9EC451

#9EC451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.149 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC451
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -30.20, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 60.52, 119.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0858 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.149 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3258, 47.3427, 15.0599)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC451 #7751C4

analogous

#C4B151 #9EC451 #65C451

triadic

#9EC451 #519EC4 #C4519E

tetradic

#9EC451 #51C4B1 #7751C4 #C45165

square

#9EC451 #51C4B1 #7751C4 #C45165

split-complementary

#9EC451 #5165C4 #B151C4

monochromatic

#5A7327 #7EA137 #9EC451 #B7D37F #D1E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#9EC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#9EC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC451

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC451	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.149 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd686',
    500: '#9ec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec451;
$custom-light: #bdd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.826,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC451

secondary

#B0A0D1

accent

#4FD97D

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140B

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC451

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

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