#9ECA27#9ECA27

#9ECA27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.184 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA27
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(76, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -35.56, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 77.87, 117.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.104 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.184 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5877, 49.6563, 9.6288)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA27 #5327CA

analogous

#CAA427 #9ECA27 #4DCA27

triadic

#9ECA27 #279ECA #CA279E

tetradic

#9ECA27 #27CAA4 #5327CA #CA274D

square

#9ECA27 #27CAA4 #5327CA #CA274D

split-complementary

#9ECA27 #274DCA #A427CA

monochromatic

#4E6313 #76971D #9ECA27 #B7DD51 #CDE784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#9ECA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA27

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA27	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)

#D0BA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.184 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfda71',
    500: '#9eca27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca27;
$custom-light: #bfda71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.196,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77983,
    "c": 0.18358,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA27

secondary

#937CD0

accent

#3DEB6C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA27

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

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