#9ECA42#9ECA42

#9ECA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.168 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA42
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -34.15, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 69.44, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0981 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.168 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2046, 49.9030, 12.8780)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA42 #6E42CA

analogous

#CAB242 #9ECA42 #5ACA42

triadic

#9ECA42 #429ECA #CA429E

tetradic

#9ECA42 #42CAB2 #6E42CA #CA425A

square

#9ECA42 #42CAB2 #6E42CA #CA425A

split-complementary

#9ECA42 #425ACA #B242CA

monochromatic

#577220 #7CA22D #9ECA42 #B7D772 #CFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9ECA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA42

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA42	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)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.168 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beda7e',
    500: '#9eca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca42;
$custom-light: #beda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78155,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA42

secondary

#A996D1

accent

#48DF79

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA42

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

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