#9EC85B#9EC85B

#9EC85B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC85B
RGB	rgb(158, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(83, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -31.17, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 58.34, 122.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0876 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.145 127)
XYZ	xyz(36.6430, 49.3325, 17.4871)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC85B #855BC8

analogous

#C8BC5B #9EC85B #68C85B

triadic

#9EC85B #5B9EC8 #C85B9E

tetradic

#9EC85B #5BC8BC #855BC8 #C85B68

square

#9EC85B #5BC8BC #855BC8 #C85B68

split-complementary

#9EC85B #5B68C8 #BC5BC8

monochromatic

#5E7E2A #80AC3A #9EC85B #B9D789 #D4E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#9EC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC85B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC85B	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd98c',
    500: '#9ec85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec85b;
$custom-light: #bdd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.119,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77942,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.49333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC85B

secondary

#BAA9D6

accent

#4FD984

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F7FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC85B

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

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