#9ECC59#9ECC59

#9ECC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.153 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECC59
RGB	rgb(158, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -33.23, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 61.33, 122.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0935 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.153 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4964, 51.1755, 17.3516)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECC59 #8759CC

analogous

#CCC059 #9ECC59 #65CC59

triadic

#9ECC59 #599ECC #CC599E

tetradic

#9ECC59 #59CCC0 #8759CC #CC5965

square

#9ECC59 #59CCC0 #8759CC #CC5965

split-complementary

#9ECC59 #5965CC #C059CC

monochromatic

#5E8328 #80B136 #9ECC59 #B9DA88 #D5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#9ECC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECC59

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECC59	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.153 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddb8b',
    500: '#9ecc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecc59;
$custom-light: #bddb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78846,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECC59

secondary

#5D3F8A

accent

#4BDC85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECC59

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

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