#9FE978#9FE978

#9FE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.164 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FE978
RGB	rgb(159, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(99, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(99, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -42.62, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 63.80, 131.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.1173 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.164 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8260, 67.0030, 28.2313)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Green

#96F97B

ΔE00 3.92

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9FE978 #C278E9

analogous

#D8E978 #9FE978 #78E98A

triadic

#9FE978 #789FE9 #E9789F

tetradic

#9FE978 #78D8E9 #C278E9 #E98A78

square

#9FE978 #78D8E9 #C278E9 #E98A78

split-complementary

#9FE978 #8A78E9 #E978D8

monochromatic

#5AC620 #7AE043 #9FE978 #C4F2AD #EAFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#9FE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#9FE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FE978

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FE978	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DE2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fe978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.164 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bef0a1',
    500: '#9fe978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fe978;
$custom-light: #bef0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fe978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.292,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86039,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FE978

secondary

#9644C1

accent

#11D491

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#12160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FE978

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

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