#9ED438#9ED438

#9ED438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.187 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ED438
RGB	rgb(158, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -39.27, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 77.59, 120.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1129 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.187 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3580, 54.6408, 12.2665)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ED438 #6E38D4

analogous

#D4BC38 #9ED438 #50D438

triadic

#9ED438 #389ED4 #D4389E

tetradic

#9ED438 #38D4BC #6E38D4 #D43850

square

#9ED438 #38D4BC #6E38D4 #D43850

split-complementary

#9ED438 #3850D4 #BC38D4

monochromatic

#57781A #7CAA25 #9ED438 #B7DF6A #CFEA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#9ED438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#9ED438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ED438

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ED438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ED438	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4CAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ed438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.187 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe179',
    500: '#9ed438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ed438;
$custom-light: #bfe179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ed438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80423,
    "c": 0.18693,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ED438

secondary

#4C3080

accent

#40E77A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ED438

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

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