#9EC940#9EC940

#9EC940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.169 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC940
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -33.82, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 69.68, 119.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0973 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.169 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9128, 49.4121, 12.4950)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC940 #6B40C9

analogous

#C9AF40 #9EC940 #5AC940

triadic

#9EC940 #409EC9 #C9409E

tetradic

#9EC940 #40C9AF #6B40C9 #C9405A

square

#9EC940 #40C9AF #6B40C9 #C9405A

split-complementary

#9EC940 #405AC9 #AF40C9

monochromatic

#566F1F #7B9F2D #9EC940 #B6D670 #CEE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#9EC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC940

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC940	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.169 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed97c',
    500: '#9ec940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec940;
$custom-light: #bed97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.832,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC940

secondary

#A794D0

accent

#49DF78

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC940

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

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