#9ECB4D#9ECB4D

#9ECB4D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.161 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB4D
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -33.80, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 65.73, 120.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0961 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.161 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7961, 50.5162, 14.8318)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB4D #7A4DCB

analogous

#CBB94D #9ECB4D #5FCB4D

triadic

#9ECB4D #4D9ECB #CB4D9E

tetradic

#9ECB4D #4DCBB9 #7A4DCB #CB4D5F

square

#9ECB4D #4DCBB9 #7A4DCB #CB4D5F

split-complementary

#9ECB4D #4D5FCB #B94DCB

monochromatic

#5B7A24 #7FA931 #9ECB4D #B8D97C #D2E7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#9ECB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB4D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB4D	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.161 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb84',
    500: '#9ecb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb4d;
$custom-light: #bedb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB4D

secondary

#543A82

accent

#4ADE7F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB4D

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

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