#9EC642#9EC642

#9EC642 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC642
RGB	rgb(158, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(78, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -32.29, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 67.49, 118.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.093 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.163 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2782, 48.0503, 12.5692)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC642 #6A42C6

analogous

#C6AC42 #9EC642 #5CC642

triadic

#9EC642 #429EC6 #C6429E

tetradic

#9EC642 #42C6AC #6A42C6 #C6425C

square

#9EC642 #42C6AC #6A42C6 #C6425C

split-complementary

#9EC642 #425CC6 #AC42C6

monochromatic

#566D21 #7B9C2F #9EC642 #B6D471 #CEE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9EC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#9EC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC642

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC642	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed77d',
    500: '#9ec642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec642;
$custom-light: #bed77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC642

secondary

#A695CF

accent

#4BDD77

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC642

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

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