#9EC740#9EC740

#9EC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.166 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC740
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -32.89, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 68.72, 118.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0948 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.166 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4496, 48.4857, 12.3406)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC740 #6940C7

analogous

#C7AD40 #9EC740 #5BC740

triadic

#9EC740 #409EC7 #C7409E

tetradic

#9EC740 #40C7AD #6940C7 #C7405B

square

#9EC740 #40C7AD #6940C7 #C7405B

split-complementary

#9EC740 #405BC7 #AD40C7

monochromatic

#556D20 #7B9C2E #9EC740 #B6D56F #CEE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9EC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#9EC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC740

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC740	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.166 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed87c',
    500: '#9ec740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec740;
$custom-light: #bed87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77439,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC740

secondary

#A694CF

accent

#4ADE77

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC740

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

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