#9ECC4F#9ECC4F

#9ECC4F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.161 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC4F
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -34.10, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 65.45, 121.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0968 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.161 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1047, 51.0188, 15.2884)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC4F #7D4FCC

analogous

#CCBB4F #9ECC4F #5FCC4F

triadic

#9ECC4F #4F9ECC #CC4F9E

tetradic

#9ECC4F #4FCCBB #7D4FCC #CC4F5F

square

#9ECC4F #4FCCBB #7D4FCC #CC4F5F

split-complementary

#9ECC4F #4F5FCC #BB4FCC

monochromatic

#5C7D24 #7FAC32 #9ECC4F #B8DA7E #D2E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#9ECC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC4F

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC4F	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.161 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb85',
    500: '#9ecc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc4f;
$custom-light: #bedb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.08,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.16119,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC4F

secondary

#563B84

accent

#49DE80

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC4F

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

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