#9ECB49#9ECB49

#9ECB49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.165 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB49
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -34.11, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 67.30, 120.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0973 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.165 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6592, 50.4615, 14.1107)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB49 #7649CB

analogous

#CBB749 #9ECB49 #5DCB49

triadic

#9ECB49 #499ECB #CB499E

tetradic

#9ECB49 #49CBB7 #7649CB #CB495D

square

#9ECB49 #49CBB7 #7649CB #CB495D

split-complementary

#9ECB49 #495DCB #B749CB

monochromatic

#5A7722 #7EA730 #9ECB49 #B7D979 #D1E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#9ECB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB49

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB49	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)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.165 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb82',
    500: '#9ecb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb49;
$custom-light: #bedb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB49

secondary

#513880

accent

#49DF7D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB49

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

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