#9ECA53#9ECA53

#9ECA53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.155 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA53
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(82, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -32.84, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 62.79, 121.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0929 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.155 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7824, 50.1341, 15.9209)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA53 #7F53CA

analogous

#CABA53 #9ECA53 #62CA53

triadic

#9ECA53 #539ECA #CA539E

tetradic

#9ECA53 #53CABA #7F53CA #CA5362

square

#9ECA53 #53CABA #7F53CA #CA5362

split-complementary

#9ECA53 #5362CA #BA53CA

monochromatic

#5D7C26 #7FAB35 #9ECA53 #B8D882 #D3E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9ECA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#9ECA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA53

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA53	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.155 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdda88',
    500: '#9eca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca53;
$custom-light: #bdda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.185,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA53

secondary

#573D84

accent

#4CDC81

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF3

border

#D2D4CD

text

#12140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA53

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

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