#9ECB72#9ECB72

#9ECB72 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.127 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECB72
RGB	rgb(158, 203, 114)
HSL	hsl(90, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(90, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -30.06, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 49.69, 127.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0829 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.127 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4932, 51.1951, 23.7699)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECB72 #9F72CB

analogous

#CBCB72 #9ECB72 #72CB73

triadic

#9ECB72 #729ECB #CB729E

tetradic

#9ECB72 #72CBCB #9F72CB #CB7372

square

#9ECB72 #72CBCB #9F72CB #CB7372

split-complementary

#9ECB72 #7372CB #CB72CB

monochromatic

#618E34 #7FBB45 #9ECB72 #BDDB9F #DCECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#9ECB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECB72

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECB72	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 203, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.127 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcdb9c',
    500: '#9ecb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecb72;
$custom-light: #bcdb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.337,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECB72

secondary

#714C95

accent

#2CB974

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FBF5

border

#D1D4CF

text

#12150E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECB72

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

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