#9ECB48#9ECB48

#9ECB48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.165 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB48
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(81, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -34.18, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 67.68, 120.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0976 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.165 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6263, 50.4483, 13.9375)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB48 #7548CB

analogous

#CBB748 #9ECB48 #5DCB48

triadic

#9ECB48 #489ECB #CB489E

tetradic

#9ECB48 #48CBB7 #7548CB #CB485D

square

#9ECB48 #48CBB7 #7548CB #CB485D

split-complementary

#9ECB48 #485DCB #B748CB

monochromatic

#5A7722 #7EA62F #9ECB48 #B7D978 #D1E6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#9ECB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB48

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB48	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.165 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb81',
    500: '#9ecb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb48;
$custom-light: #bedb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.611,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB48

secondary

#50387F

accent

#49DF7C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB48

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

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