#9FCE42#9FCE42

#9FCE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.173 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FCE42
RGB	rgb(159, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -35.59, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 71.26, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.1021 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.173 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3529, 51.9063, 13.2042)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FCE42 #7142CE

analogous

#CEB742 #9FCE42 #59CE42

triadic

#9FCE42 #429FCE #CE429F

tetradic

#9FCE42 #42CEB7 #7142CE #CE4259

square

#9FCE42 #42CEB7 #7142CE #CE4259

split-complementary

#9FCE42 #4259CE #B742CE

monochromatic

#59771F #7EA72B #9FCE42 #B8DB73 #D0E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9FCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9FCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FCE42

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FCE42	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.173 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdd7e',
    500: '#9fce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fce42;
$custom-light: #bfdd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79155,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FCE42

secondary

#4E357F

accent

#46E27A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FCE42

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

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