#9ECC2D#9ECC2D

#9ECC2D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.183 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC2D
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 45)
HSL	hsl(77, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(77, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -36.22, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 77.17, 118.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1054 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.183 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1674, 50.6438, 10.3519)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC2D #5B2DCC

analogous

#CCAB2D #9ECC2D #4FCC2D

triadic

#9ECC2D #2D9ECC #CC2D9E

tetradic

#9ECC2D #2DCCAB #5B2DCC #CC2D4F

square

#9ECC2D #2DCCAB #5B2DCC #CC2D4F

split-complementary

#9ECC2D #2D4FCC #AB2DCC

monochromatic

#506817 #779A22 #9ECC2D #B6DB5B #CCE68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9ECC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9ECC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC2D

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC2D	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)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.183 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdb73',
    500: '#9ecc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc2d;
$custom-light: #bfdb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.358,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC2D

secondary

#402B72

accent

#41E771

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC2D

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

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