#9ECA50#9ECA50

#9ECA50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.158 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA50
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(82, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -33.09, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 64.02, 121.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0939 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.158 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6691, 50.0888, 15.3241)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA50 #7C50CA

analogous

#CAB950 #9ECA50 #61CA50

triadic

#9ECA50 #509ECA #CA509E

tetradic

#9ECA50 #50CAB9 #7C50CA #CA5061

square

#9ECA50 #50CAB9 #7C50CA #CA5061

split-complementary

#9ECA50 #5061CA #B950CA

monochromatic

#5C7A25 #7FA933 #9ECA50 #B8D87F #D2E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9ECA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#9ECA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA50

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA50	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.158 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdda86',
    500: '#9eca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca50;
$custom-light: #bdda86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.639,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78284,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA50

secondary

#553B83

accent

#4BDD80

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12140B

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA50

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

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