#9ECC3D#9ECC3D

#9ECC3D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.174 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC3D
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 61)
HSL	hsl(79, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -35.38, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 72.18, 119.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1019 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.174 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5359, 50.7912, 12.2928)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC3D #6B3DCC

analogous

#CCB33D #9ECC3D #57CC3D

triadic

#9ECC3D #3D9ECC #CC3D9E

tetradic

#9ECC3D #3DCCB3 #6B3DCC #CC3D57

square

#9ECC3D #3DCCB3 #6B3DCC #CC3D57

split-complementary

#9ECC3D #3D57CC #B33DCC

monochromatic

#56711E #7BA12A #9ECC3D #B6D96D #CEE59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#9ECC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC3D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC3D	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)

#D7BF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.174 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb7b',
    500: '#9ecc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc3d;
$custom-light: #bedb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.301,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78583,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC3D

secondary

#4A337A

accent

#46E278

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC3D

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

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