#9EC540#9EC540

#9EC540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.164 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC540
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -31.96, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 67.75, 118.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0922 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.164 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9925, 47.5715, 12.1882)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC540 #6740C5

analogous

#C5A940 #9EC540 #5BC540

triadic

#9EC540 #409EC5 #C5409E

tetradic

#9EC540 #40C5A9 #6740C5 #C5405B

square

#9EC540 #40C5A9 #6740C5 #C5405B

split-complementary

#9EC540 #405BC5 #A940C5

monochromatic

#556A20 #7A992F #9EC540 #B6D36F #CEE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9EC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#9EC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC540

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC540	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.164 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed67c',
    500: '#9ec540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec540;
$custom-light: #bed67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.594,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC540

secondary

#A493CE

accent

#4BDD76

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC540

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

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