#9ECB4E#9ECB4E

#9ECB4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.161 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB4E
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -33.72, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 65.34, 121.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0958 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.161 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8317, 50.5305, 15.0191)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB4E #7B4ECB

analogous

#CBB94E #9ECB4E #5FCB4E

triadic

#9ECB4E #4E9ECB #CB4E9E

tetradic

#9ECB4E #4ECBB9 #7B4ECB #CB4E5F

square

#9ECB4E #4ECBB9 #7B4ECB #CB4E5F

split-complementary

#9ECB4E #4E5FCB #B94ECB

monochromatic

#5B7B24 #7FAA32 #9ECB4E #B8D97D #D2E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#9ECB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB4E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB4E	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.161 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb85',
    500: '#9ecb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb4e;
$custom-light: #bedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.6,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78496,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB4E

secondary

#543A83

accent

#4ADE7F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB4E

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

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