#9EC456#9EC456

#9EC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.145 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC456
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -29.76, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 58.39, 120.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0841 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.145 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5202, 47.4205, 16.0840)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC456 #7C56C4

analogous

#C4B356 #9EC456 #67C456

triadic

#9EC456 #569EC4 #C4569E

tetradic

#9EC456 #56C4B3 #7C56C4 #C45667

square

#9EC456 #56C4B3 #7C56C4 #C45667

split-complementary

#9EC456 #5667C4 #B356C4

monochromatic

#5C7629 #7FA439 #9EC456 #B8D483 #D2E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9EC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#9EC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC456

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC456	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.145 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd689',
    500: '#9ec456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec456;
$custom-light: #bdd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.727,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC456

secondary

#B4A4D2

accent

#50D87F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC456

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

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