#9ECA3B#9ECA3B

#9ECA3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.173 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA3B
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(78, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -34.59, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 71.91, 118.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0999 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.173 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0107, 49.8255, 11.8569)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA3B #673BCA

analogous

#CAAF3B #9ECA3B #56CA3B

triadic

#9ECA3B #3B9ECA #CA3B9E

tetradic

#9ECA3B #3BCAAF #673BCA #CA3B56

square

#9ECA3B #3BCAAF #673BCA #CA3B56

split-complementary

#9ECA3B #3B56CA #AF3BCA

monochromatic

#556D1E #7A9D2B #9ECA3B #B6D76B #CEE49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#9ECA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9ECA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA3B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA3B	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.173 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7a',
    500: '#9eca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca3b;
$custom-light: #beda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78101,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA3B

secondary

#A491D0

accent

#47E176

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA3B

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

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