#9ECA3A#9ECA3A

#9ECA3A 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	#9ECA3A
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -34.65, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 72.25, 118.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1001 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.174 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9851, 49.8152, 11.7216)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA3A #663ACA

analogous

#CAAE3A #9ECA3A #56CA3A

triadic

#9ECA3A #3A9ECA #CA3A9E

tetradic

#9ECA3A #3ACAAE #663ACA #CA3A56

square

#9ECA3A #3ACAAE #663ACA #CA3A56

split-complementary

#9ECA3A #3A56CA #AE3ACA

monochromatic

#546C1D #7A9D2A #9ECA3A #B6D76A #CDE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#9ECA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA3A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA3A	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)

#D5BD20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.174 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda79',
    500: '#9eca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca3a;
$custom-light: #beda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.333,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA3A

secondary

#A390D0

accent

#47E176

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA3A

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

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