#9ECA3C#9ECA3C

#9ECA3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.172 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA3C
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -34.53, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 71.57, 118.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0996 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.172 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0369, 49.8360, 11.9948)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA3C #683CCA

analogous

#CAAF3C #9ECA3C #57CA3C

triadic

#9ECA3C #3C9ECA #CA3C9E

tetradic

#9ECA3C #3CCAAF #683CCA #CA3C57

square

#9ECA3C #3CCAAF #683CCA #CA3C57

split-complementary

#9ECA3C #3C57CA #AF3CCA

monochromatic

#556E1E #7A9E2B #9ECA3C #B6D76C #CEE49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9ECA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA3C

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA3C	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#D5BD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.172 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7a',
    500: '#9eca3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca3c;
$custom-light: #beda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.592,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.17242,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA3C

secondary

#A592D0

accent

#47E177

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA3C

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

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