#9ECA72#9ECA72

#9ECA72 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECA72
RGB	rgb(158, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(90, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(90, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -29.58, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 49.12, 127.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0815 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.125 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2578, 50.7243, 23.6915)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECA72 #9E72CA

analogous

#CACA72 #9ECA72 #72CA72

triadic

#9ECA72 #729ECA #CA729E

tetradic

#9ECA72 #72CACA #9E72CA #CA7272

square

#9ECA72 #72CACA #9E72CA #CA7272

split-complementary

#9ECA72 #7272CA #CA72CA

monochromatic

#618D35 #7FB946 #9ECA72 #BDDB9E #DBEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9ECA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECA72

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECA72	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcda9c',
    500: '#9eca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eca72;
$custom-light: #bcda9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78723,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECA72

secondary

#704D94

accent

#2DB973

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FBF5

border

#D1D4CF

text

#12140E

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECA72

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

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