#9EC949#9EC949

#9EC949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.162 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC949
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -33.19, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 66.30, 120.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0948 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.162 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1899, 49.5230, 13.9543)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC949 #7449C9

analogous

#C9B449 #9EC949 #5EC949

triadic

#9EC949 #499EC9 #C9499E

tetradic

#9EC949 #49C9B4 #7449C9 #C9495E

square

#9EC949 #49C9B4 #7449C9 #C9495E

split-complementary

#9EC949 #495EC9 #B449C9

monochromatic

#597523 #7DA431 #9EC949 #B7D778 #D0E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9EC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC949

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC949	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.162 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed981',
    500: '#9ec949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec949;
$custom-light: #bed981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77983,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC949

secondary

#AE9CD2

accent

#4ADE7C

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAEF

border

#D1D3CA

text

#12140B

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC949

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

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