#9ECC3C#9ECC3C

#9ECC3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.175 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC3C
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -35.44, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 72.52, 119.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1021 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.175 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5092, 50.7806, 12.1523)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC3C #6A3CCC

analogous

#CCB23C #9ECC3C #56CC3C

triadic

#9ECC3C #3C9ECC #CC3C9E

tetradic

#9ECC3C #3CCCB2 #6A3CCC #CC3C56

square

#9ECC3C #3CCCB2 #6A3CCC #CC3C56

split-complementary

#9ECC3C #3C56CC #B23CCC

monochromatic

#56701D #7BA12A #9ECC3C #B6D96D #CEE59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9ECC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC3C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC3C	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.175 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb7b',
    500: '#9ecc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc3c;
$custom-light: #bedb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.167,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78576,
    "c": 0.17486,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC3C

secondary

#493379

accent

#46E278

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC3C

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

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