#9EC962#9EC962

#9EC962 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC962
RGB	rgb(158, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(85, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -30.94, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 55.81, 123.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0864 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.14 128)
XYZ	xyz(37.1916, 49.9236, 19.2297)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC962 #8D62C9

analogous

#C9C062 #9EC962 #6AC962

triadic

#9EC962 #629EC9 #C9629E

tetradic

#9EC962 #62C9C0 #8D62C9 #C9626A

square

#9EC962 #62C9C0 #8D62C9 #C9626A

split-complementary

#9EC962 #626AC9 #C062C9

monochromatic

#5F832D #80B13D #9EC962 #BAD990 #D6E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9EC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9EC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC962

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC962	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd991',
    500: '#9ec962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec962;
$custom-light: #bdd991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.049,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78262,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.49924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC962

secondary

#C0AFD8

accent

#4FD889

background

#FBFDF9

surface

#F7FAF1

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140D

muted

#81837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC962

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

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