#9EC55C#9EC55C

#9EC55C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.140 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC55C
RGB	rgb(158, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(82, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(82, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 53.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -29.66, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 56.30, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0833 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.14 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9985, 47.9739, 17.4865)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC55C #835CC5

analogous

#C5B85C #9EC55C #6AC55C

triadic

#9EC55C #5C9EC5 #C55C9E

tetradic

#9EC55C #5CC5B8 #835CC5 #C55C6A

square

#9EC55C #5CC5B8 #835CC5 #C55C6A

split-complementary

#9EC55C #5C6AC5 #B85CC5

monochromatic

#5D7B2C #80A83C #9EC55C #B9D589 #D4E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9EC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#9EC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC55C

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC55C	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.140 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd68d',
    500: '#9ec55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec55c;
$custom-light: #bdd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.286,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC55C

secondary

#B9A9D4

accent

#51D783

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC55C

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

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