#9ECA3F#9ECA3F

#9ECA3F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.170 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA3F
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 63)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -34.34, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 70.52, 119.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0989 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.17 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1185, 49.8686, 12.4244)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA3F #6B3FCA

analogous

#CAB13F #9ECA3F #59CA3F

triadic

#9ECA3F #3F9ECA #CA3F9E

tetradic

#9ECA3F #3FCAB1 #6B3FCA #CA3F59

square

#9ECA3F #3FCAB1 #6B3FCA #CA3F59

split-complementary

#9ECA3F #3F59CA #B13FCA

monochromatic

#56701F #7BA02C #9ECA3F #B6D76F #CEE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#9ECA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA3F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA3F	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)

#D5BD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.170 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7c',
    500: '#9eca3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca3f;
$custom-light: #beda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.993,
    "s": 56.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78131,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA3F

secondary

#A794D1

accent

#48E078

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA3F

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

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