#9ECA40#9ECA40

#9ECA40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.170 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA40
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -34.28, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 70.16, 119.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0986 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.17 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1467, 49.8799, 12.5729)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA40 #6C40CA

analogous

#CAB140 #9ECA40 #59CA40

triadic

#9ECA40 #409ECA #CA409E

tetradic

#9ECA40 #40CAB1 #6C40CA #CA4059

square

#9ECA40 #40CAB1 #6C40CA #CA4059

split-complementary

#9ECA40 #4059CA #B140CA

monochromatic

#57701F #7BA02C #9ECA40 #B6D770 #CFE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9ECA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA40

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA40	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.170 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7c',
    500: '#9eca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca40;
$custom-light: #beda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA40

secondary

#A895D1

accent

#48E078

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA40

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

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