#9ED242#9ED242

#9ED242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.178 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED242
RGB	rgb(158, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(82, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(82, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -37.78, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 73.32, 121.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.108 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.178 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1306, 53.7549, 13.5200)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED242 #7642D2

analogous

#D2BE42 #9ED242 #56D242

triadic

#9ED242 #429ED2 #D2429E

tetradic

#9ED242 #42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256

square

#9ED242 #42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256

split-complementary

#9ED242 #4256D2 #BE42D2

monochromatic

#5A7C1E #7EAD29 #9ED242 #B7DE73 #D1EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9ED242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#9ED242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED242

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED242	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.178 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bee07e',
    500: '#9ed242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed242;
$custom-light: #bee07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED242

secondary

#513484

accent

#43E57D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED242

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

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