#9ECA31#9ECA31

#9ECA31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.179 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA31
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(77, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -35.13, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 75.11, 117.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1021 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.179 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7758, 49.7315, 10.6195)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA31 #5D31CA

analogous

#CAAA31 #9ECA31 #52CA31

triadic

#9ECA31 #319ECA #CA319E

tetradic

#9ECA31 #31CAAA #5D31CA #CA3152

square

#9ECA31 #31CAAA #5D31CA #CA3152

split-complementary

#9ECA31 #3152CA #AA31CA

monochromatic

#516719 #779925 #9ECA31 #B6D860 #CCE491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#9ECA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA31

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA31	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.179 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfda75',
    500: '#9eca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca31;
$custom-light: #bfda75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.255,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78036,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA31

secondary

#9C88CF

accent

#44E472

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA31

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

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