#9ECB57#9ECB57

#9ECB57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.153 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB57
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(83, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -32.95, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 61.64, 122.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0929 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.153 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1767, 50.6685, 16.8363)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB57 #8457CB

analogous

#CBBE57 #9ECB57 #64CB57

triadic

#9ECB57 #579ECB #CB579E

tetradic

#9ECB57 #57CBBE #8457CB #CB5764

square

#9ECB57 #57CBBE #8457CB #CB5764

split-complementary

#9ECB57 #5764CB #BE57CB

monochromatic

#5E8028 #80AF36 #9ECB57 #B9D986 #D4E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9ECB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB57

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB57	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)

#D4BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.153 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb8a',
    500: '#9ecb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb57;
$custom-light: #bddb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.276,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78591,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB57

secondary

#5B3F88

accent

#4CDC84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB57

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

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