#9ECA39#9ECA39

#9ECA39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.174 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA39
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 57)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -34.70, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 72.59, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1004 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.174 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9599, 49.8051, 11.5889)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA39 #6539CA

analogous

#CAAD39 #9ECA39 #55CA39

triadic

#9ECA39 #399ECA #CA399E

tetradic

#9ECA39 #39CAAD #6539CA #CA3955

square

#9ECA39 #39CAAD #6539CA #CA3955

split-complementary

#9ECA39 #3955CA #AD39CA

monochromatic

#546C1D #799C2A #9ECA39 #B6D769 #CDE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9ECA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA39

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA39	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)

#D5BD1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.174 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda79',
    500: '#9eca39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca39;
$custom-light: #beda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.207,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA39

secondary

#A38FD0

accent

#47E176

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA39

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

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