#9EC942#9EC942

#9EC942 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.167 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC942
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -33.69, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 68.95, 119.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0968 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.167 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9708, 49.4353, 12.8001)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC942 #6D42C9

analogous

#C9B142 #9EC942 #5BC942

triadic

#9EC942 #429EC9 #C9429E

tetradic

#9EC942 #42C9B1 #6D42C9 #C9425B

square

#9EC942 #42C9B1 #6D42C9 #C9425B

split-complementary

#9EC942 #425BC9 #B142C9

monochromatic

#577020 #7CA02E #9EC942 #B6D772 #CFE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9EC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC942

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC942	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.167 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed97d',
    500: '#9ec942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec942;
$custom-light: #bed97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77922,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC942

secondary

#A996D1

accent

#49DF79

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC942

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

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