#9EDE40#9EDE40

#9EDE40 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.194 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EDE40
RGB	rgb(158, 222, 64)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(84, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -43.19, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 79.76, 122.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.123 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.194 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1471, 59.8807, 14.2397)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EDE40 #8040DE

analogous

#DECF40 #9EDE40 #4FDE40

triadic

#9EDE40 #409EDE #DE409E

tetradic

#9EDE40 #40DECF #8040DE #DE404F

square

#9EDE40 #40DECF #8040DE #DE404F

split-complementary

#9EDE40 #404FDE #CF40DE

monochromatic

#5D8B18 #7FC021 #9EDE40 #B9E774 #D3F0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#9EDE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#9EDE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EDE40

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EDE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EDE40	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3D4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ede40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 222, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.194 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfe87e',
    500: '#9ede40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ede40;
$custom-light: #bfe87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ede40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.304,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82826,
    "c": 0.19434,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EDE40

secondary

#583191

accent

#3AED83

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EDE40

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

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