#9ECC38#9ECC38

#9ECC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.177 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC38
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -35.67, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 73.85, 118.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1031 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.177 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4075, 50.7399, 11.6163)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC38 #6638CC

analogous

#CCB038 #9ECC38 #54CC38

triadic

#9ECC38 #389ECC #CC389E

tetradic

#9ECC38 #38CCB0 #6638CC #CC3854

square

#9ECC38 #38CCB0 #6638CC #CC3854

split-complementary

#9ECC38 #3854CC #B038CC

monochromatic

#546E1C #7A9E29 #9ECC38 #B6D869 #CDE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9ECC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC38

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC38	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.177 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfdb79',
    500: '#9ecc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc38;
$custom-light: #bfdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78548,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC38

secondary

#473177

accent

#45E276

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC38

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

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