#9ECA23#9ECA23

#9ECA23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.185 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA23
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 35)
HSL	hsl(76, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(76, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 82.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -35.71, 70.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 78.83, 116.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.1047 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.185 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5249, 49.6311, 9.2980)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA23 #4F23CA

analogous

#CAA323 #9ECA23 #4BCA23

triadic

#9ECA23 #239ECA #CA239E

tetradic

#9ECA23 #23CAA3 #4F23CA #CA234B

square

#9ECA23 #23CAA3 #4F23CA #CA234B

split-complementary

#9ECA23 #234BCA #A323CA

monochromatic

#4C6211 #75961A #9ECA23 #B8E04A #CDE97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#9ECA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA23

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA23	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.185 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfda6f',
    500: '#9eca23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca23;
$custom-light: #bfda6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.808,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.1852,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA23

secondary

#8F78D1

accent

#3BED6A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA23

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

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