#9EC542#9EC542

#9EC542 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.162 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC542
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(78, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -31.83, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 67.01, 118.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0917 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.162 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0504, 47.5946, 12.4933)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC542 #6942C5

analogous

#C5AB42 #9EC542 #5DC542

triadic

#9EC542 #429EC5 #C5429E

tetradic

#9EC542 #42C5AB #6942C5 #C5425D

square

#9EC542 #42C5AB #6942C5 #C5425D

split-complementary

#9EC542 #425DC5 #AB42C5

monochromatic

#556C21 #7B9A2F #9EC542 #B6D371 #CEE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#9EC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#9EC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC542

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC542	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.162 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed67d',
    500: '#9ec542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec542;
$custom-light: #bed67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.863,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC542

secondary

#A695CE

accent

#4BDC77

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC542

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

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