#9ECA38#9ECA38

#9ECA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.175 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA38
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -34.76, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 72.92, 118.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.1006 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.175 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9352, 49.7953, 11.4589)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA38 #6438CA

analogous

#CAAD38 #9ECA38 #55CA38

triadic

#9ECA38 #389ECA #CA389E

tetradic

#9ECA38 #38CAAD #6438CA #CA3855

square

#9ECA38 #38CAAD #6438CA #CA3855

split-complementary

#9ECA38 #3855CA #AD38CA

monochromatic

#536B1D #799B29 #9ECA38 #B6D768 #CDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9ECA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA38

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA38	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)

#D5BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.175 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda78',
    500: '#9eca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca38;
$custom-light: #beda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7808,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA38

secondary

#A28ECF

accent

#47E175

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA38

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

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