#9FC42B#9FC42B

#9FC42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.174 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC42B
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -32.24, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 74.06, 115.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0947 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.174 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4745, 47.0250, 9.5456)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC42B #502BC4

analogous

#C49D2B #9FC42B #52C42B

triadic

#9FC42B #2B9FC4 #C42B9F

tetradic

#9FC42B #2BC49D #502BC4 #C42B52

square

#9FC42B #2BC49D #502BC4 #C42B52

split-complementary

#9FC42B #2B52C4 #9D2BC4

monochromatic

#4E6015 #769220 #9FC42B #B9D953 #CDE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#9FC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC42B

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC42B	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	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: #9fc42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.174 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd672',
    500: '#9fc42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc42b;
$custom-light: #bfd672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.51,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76668,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC42B

secondary

#917DCE

accent

#41E769

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC42B

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

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