#9EC538#9EC538

#9EC538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.169 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC538
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(77, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -32.45, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 70.58, 117.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0943 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.169 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7810, 47.4869, 11.0741)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC538 #5F38C5

analogous

#C5A638 #9EC538 #57C538

triadic

#9EC538 #389EC5 #C5389E

tetradic

#9EC538 #38C5A6 #5F38C5 #C53857

square

#9EC538 #38C5A6 #5F38C5 #C53857

split-complementary

#9EC538 #3857C5 #A638C5

monochromatic

#52661D #78952A #9EC538 #B5D467 #CCE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9EC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#9EC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC538

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC538	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.169 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed678',
    500: '#9ec538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec538;
$custom-light: #bed678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.596,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76912,
    "c": 0.16885,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC538

secondary

#9E8CCD

accent

#49DF72

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC538

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

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