#9ECC4C#9ECC4C

#9ECC4C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.164 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC4C
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -34.34, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 66.64, 121.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0977 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.164 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9980, 50.9761, 14.7262)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC4C #7A4CCC

analogous

#CCBA4C #9ECC4C #5ECC4C

triadic

#9ECC4C #4C9ECC #CC4C9E

tetradic

#9ECC4C #4CCCBA #7A4CCC #CC4C5E

square

#9ECC4C #4CCCBA #7A4CCC #CC4C5E

split-complementary

#9ECC4C #4C5ECC #BA4CCC

monochromatic

#5B7B23 #7FAA31 #9ECC4C #B8DA7C #D2E7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9ECC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC4C

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC4C	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.164 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb83',
    500: '#9ecc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc4c;
$custom-light: #bedb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.563,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC4C

secondary

#543983

accent

#49DF7F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC4C

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

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