#9ECC48#9ECC48

#9ECC48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.167 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC48
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(81, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -34.64, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 68.18, 120.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0989 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.167 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8632, 50.9222, 14.0165)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC48 #7648CC

analogous

#CCB848 #9ECC48 #5CCC48

triadic

#9ECC48 #489ECC #CC489E

tetradic

#9ECC48 #48CCB8 #7648CC #CC485C

square

#9ECC48 #48CCB8 #7648CC #CC485C

split-complementary

#9ECC48 #485CCC #B848CC

monochromatic

#5A7821 #7EA82F #9ECC48 #B7D978 #D1E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#9ECC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC48

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC48	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)

#D6BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.167 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb81',
    500: '#9ecc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc48;
$custom-light: #bedb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78673,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC48

secondary

#513880

accent

#48E07D

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC48

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

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