#9ECB56#9ECB56

#9ECB56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.154 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB56
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -33.04, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 62.06, 122.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0932 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.154 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1361, 50.6523, 16.6227)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB56 #8356CB

analogous

#CBBE56 #9ECB56 #64CB56

triadic

#9ECB56 #569ECB #CB569E

tetradic

#9ECB56 #56CBBE #8356CB #CB5664

square

#9ECB56 #56CBBE #8356CB #CB5664

split-complementary

#9ECB56 #5664CB #BE56CB

monochromatic

#5D7F27 #80AE36 #9ECB56 #B9D985 #D4E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9ECB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB56

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB56	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.154 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb89',
    500: '#9ecb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb56;
$custom-light: #bddb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7858,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB56

secondary

#5A3E87

accent

#4BDC83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB56

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

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