#9EC742#9EC742

#9EC742 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.165 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC742
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(78, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -32.76, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 67.98, 118.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0942 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.165 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5076, 48.5089, 12.6457)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC742 #6B42C7

analogous

#C7AE42 #9EC742 #5CC742

triadic

#9EC742 #429EC7 #C7429E

tetradic

#9EC742 #42C7AE #6B42C7 #C7425C

square

#9EC742 #42C7AE #6B42C7 #C7425C

split-complementary

#9EC742 #425CC7 #AE42C7

monochromatic

#566E21 #7B9D2F #9EC742 #B6D571 #CEE3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#9EC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#9EC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC742

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC742	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)

#D2BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.165 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed87d',
    500: '#9ec742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec742;
$custom-light: #bed87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.496,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77455,
    "c": 0.16467,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC742

secondary

#A795D0

accent

#4ADE78

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC742

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

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