#9ECC4D#9ECC4D

#9ECC4D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.163 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC4D
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -34.26, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 66.24, 121.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0974 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.163 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0330, 50.9901, 14.9107)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC4D #7B4DCC

analogous

#CCBA4D #9ECC4D #5FCC4D

triadic

#9ECC4D #4D9ECC #CC4D9E

tetradic

#9ECC4D #4DCCBA #7B4DCC #CC4D5F

square

#9ECC4D #4DCCBA #7B4DCC #CC4D5F

split-complementary

#9ECC4D #4D5FCC #BA4DCC

monochromatic

#5B7B23 #7FAB31 #9ECC4D #B8DA7D #D2E7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#9ECC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9ECC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC4D

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC4D	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)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.163 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb84',
    500: '#9ecc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc4d;
$custom-light: #bedb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.732,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78719,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC4D

secondary

#543A83

accent

#49DF7F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC4D

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

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