#9ECC42#9ECC42

#9ECC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.171 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC42
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -35.06, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 70.41, 119.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.1006 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.171 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6769, 50.8476, 13.0355)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC42 #7042CC

analogous

#CCB542 #9ECC42 #59CC42

triadic

#9ECC42 #429ECC #CC429E

tetradic

#9ECC42 #42CCB5 #7042CC #CC4259

square

#9ECC42 #42CCB5 #7042CC #CC4259

split-complementary

#9ECC42 #4259CC #B542CC

monochromatic

#58741F #7CA42C #9ECC42 #B7D972 #CFE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#9ECC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC42

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC42	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.171 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb7e',
    500: '#9ecc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc42;
$custom-light: #bedb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78622,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC42

secondary

#4D357D

accent

#47E17A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC42

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

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