#9ECB59#9ECB59

#9ECB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.151 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB59
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -32.76, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 60.80, 122.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0922 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.151 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2595, 50.7016, 17.2726)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB59 #8659CB

analogous

#CBBF59 #9ECB59 #65CB59

triadic

#9ECB59 #599ECB #CB599E

tetradic

#9ECB59 #59CBBF #8659CB #CB5965

square

#9ECB59 #59CBBF #8659CB #CB5965

split-complementary

#9ECB59 #5965CB #BF59CB

monochromatic

#5E8128 #80B037 #9ECB59 #B9DA88 #D4E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#9ECB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB59

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB59	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.151 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb8b',
    500: '#9ecb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb59;
$custom-light: #bddb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.684,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB59

secondary

#5C3F89

accent

#4CDC85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB59

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

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