#9FC42D#9FC42D

#9FC42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.173 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FC42D
RGB	rgb(159, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(75, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -32.15, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 73.49, 115.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0944 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.173 123)
XYZ	xyz(34.5121, 47.0401, 9.7436)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FC42D #522DC4

analogous

#C49E2D #9FC42D #53C42D

triadic

#9FC42D #2D9FC4 #C42D9F

tetradic

#9FC42D #2DC49E #522DC4 #C42D53

square

#9FC42D #2DC49E #522DC4 #C42D53

split-complementary

#9FC42D #2D53C4 #9E2DC4

monochromatic

#4E6016 #779222 #9FC42D #B8D856 #CDE488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9FC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#9FC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FC42D

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FC42D	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)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fc42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.173 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd672',
    500: '#9fc42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fc42d;
$custom-light: #bfd672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fc42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.702,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76679,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.4704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FC42D

secondary

#9380CD

accent

#42E66A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FC42D

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

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