#9ED040#9ED040

#9ED040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.177 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED040
RGB	rgb(158, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -37.01, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 73.06, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1061 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.177 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5819, 52.7504, 13.0513)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED040 #7240D0

analogous

#D0BA40 #9ED040 #56D040

triadic

#9ED040 #409ED0 #D0409E

tetradic

#9ED040 #40D0BA #7240D0 #D04056

square

#9ED040 #40D0BA #7240D0 #D04056

split-complementary

#9ED040 #4056D0 #BA40D0

monochromatic

#59781E #7DA92A #9ED040 #B7DC71 #D0E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9ED040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#9ED040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED040

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED040	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.177 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bede7d',
    500: '#9ed040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed040;
$custom-light: #bede7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79542,
    "c": 0.1772,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED040

secondary

#4E3480

accent

#44E47C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED040

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

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