#9ECC3A#9ECC3A

#9ECC3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.176 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC3A
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 58)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -35.56, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 73.19, 119.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.1026 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.176 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4574, 50.7598, 11.8791)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC3A #683ACC

analogous

#CCB13A #9ECC3A #55CC3A

triadic

#9ECC3A #3A9ECC #CC3A9E

tetradic

#9ECC3A #3ACCB1 #683ACC #CC3A55

square

#9ECC3A #3ACCB1 #683ACC #CC3A55

split-complementary

#9ECC3A #3A55CC #B13ACC

monochromatic

#556F1D #7AA029 #9ECC3A #B6D96B #CEE59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#9ECC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC3A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC3A	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)

#D7BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.176 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb7a',
    500: '#9ecc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc3a;
$custom-light: #bedb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78562,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC3A

secondary

#483278

accent

#46E277

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC3A

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

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