#9ECA3E#9ECA3E

#9ECA3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.171 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA3E
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -34.41, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 70.87, 119.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0991 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.171 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0908, 49.8575, 12.2785)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA3E #6A3ECA

analogous

#CAB03E #9ECA3E #58CA3E

triadic

#9ECA3E #3E9ECA #CA3E9E

tetradic

#9ECA3E #3ECAB0 #6A3ECA #CA3E58

square

#9ECA3E #3ECAB0 #6A3ECA #CA3E58

split-complementary

#9ECA3E #3E58CA #B03ECA

monochromatic

#566F1F #7B9F2C #9ECA3E #B6D76E #CEE49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9ECA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA3E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA3E	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)

#D5BD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.171 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7b',
    500: '#9eca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca3e;
$custom-light: #beda7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.17112,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA3E

secondary

#A693D1

accent

#48E078

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA3E

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

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