#9ECC46#9ECC46

#9ECC46 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.168 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC46
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -34.79, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 68.94, 120.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0995 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.168 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7990, 50.8965, 13.6784)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC46 #7446CC

analogous

#CCB746 #9ECC46 #5BCC46

triadic

#9ECC46 #469ECC #CC469E

tetradic

#9ECC46 #46CCB7 #7446CC #CC465B

square

#9ECC46 #46CCB7 #7446CC #CC465B

split-complementary

#9ECC46 #465BCC #B746CC

monochromatic

#597721 #7DA72E #9ECC46 #B7D976 #D0E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#9ECC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC46

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC46	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.168 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb80',
    500: '#9ecc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc46;
$custom-light: #bedb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.597,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78655,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC46

secondary

#50377F

accent

#48E07C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC46

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

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