#9FC42A#9FC42A

#9FC42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.175 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC42A
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -32.28, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 74.34, 115.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0949 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.175 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4564, 47.0178, 9.4501)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC42A #4F2AC4

analogous

#C49C2A #9FC42A #52C42A

triadic

#9FC42A #2A9FC4 #C42A9F

tetradic

#9FC42A #2AC49C #4F2AC4 #C42A52

square

#9FC42A #2AC49C #4F2AC4 #C42A52

split-complementary

#9FC42A #2A52C4 #9C2AC4

monochromatic

#4D5F14 #76921F #9FC42A #B9DA51 #CDE584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#9FC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC42A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC42A	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.175 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd671',
    500: '#9fc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc42a;
$custom-light: #bfd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.416,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC42A

secondary

#907CCE

accent

#40E868

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC42A

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

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