#9ECC50#9ECC50

#9ECC50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC50
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -34.02, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 65.04, 121.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0965 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.16 127)
XYZ	xyz(37.1414, 51.0334, 15.4815)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC50 #7E50CC

analogous

#CCBC50 #9ECC50 #60CC50

triadic

#9ECC50 #509ECC #CC509E

tetradic

#9ECC50 #50CCBC #7E50CC #CC5060

square

#9ECC50 #50CCBC #7E50CC #CC5060

split-complementary

#9ECC50 #5060CC #BC50CC

monochromatic

#5C7D24 #7FAD32 #9ECC50 #B8DA7F #D3E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#9ECC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC50

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC50	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedb86',
    500: '#9ecc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc50;
$custom-light: #bedb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.258,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78749,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.51034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC50

secondary

#573B85

accent

#4ADE81

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC50

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

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