#9ED042#9ED042

#9ED042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.176 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED042
RGB	rgb(158, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -36.88, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 72.35, 120.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.1056 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.176 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6399, 52.7735, 13.3565)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED042 #7442D0

analogous

#D0BB42 #9ED042 #57D042

triadic

#9ED042 #429ED0 #D0429E

tetradic

#9ED042 #42D0BB #7442D0 #D04257

square

#9ED042 #42D0BB #7442D0 #D04257

split-complementary

#9ED042 #4257D0 #BB42D0

monochromatic

#59791E #7DAA2A #9ED042 #B7DC73 #D0E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9ED042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#9ED042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED042

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED042	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)

#DBC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.176 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bede7e',
    500: '#9ed042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed042;
$custom-light: #bede7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.127,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79557,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED042

secondary

#503581

accent

#44E37C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED042

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

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