#9ECA36#9ECA36

#9ECA36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.176 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA36
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(78, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -34.87, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 73.57, 118.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1011 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.176 125)
XYZ	xyz(35.8872, 49.7761, 11.2064)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA36 #6236CA

analogous

#CAAC36 #9ECA36 #54CA36

triadic

#9ECA36 #369ECA #CA369E

tetradic

#9ECA36 #36CAAC #6236CA #CA3654

square

#9ECA36 #36CAAC #6236CA #CA3654

split-complementary

#9ECA36 #3654CA #AC36CA

monochromatic

#536A1C #789A29 #9ECA36 #B5D766 #CDE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9ECA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA36

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA36	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.176 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda77',
    500: '#9eca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca36;
$custom-light: #beda77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.838,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.17606,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.49777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA36

secondary

#A08DCF

accent

#46E174

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA36

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

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