#9ECB42#9ECB42

#9ECB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.170 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB42
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -34.61, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 69.93, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0993 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.17 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4400, 50.3738, 12.9565)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB42 #6F42CB

analogous

#CBB342 #9ECB42 #5ACB42

triadic

#9ECB42 #429ECB #CB429E

tetradic

#9ECB42 #42CBB3 #6F42CB #CB425A

square

#9ECB42 #42CBB3 #6F42CB #CB425A

split-complementary

#9ECB42 #425ACB #B342CB

monochromatic

#587320 #7CA32D #9ECB42 #B7D872 #CFE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#9ECB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#9ECB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB42

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB42	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.170 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb7e',
    500: '#9ecb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb42;
$custom-light: #bedb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.708,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB42

secondary

#4D357C

accent

#48E07A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB42

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

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