#9ECD3A#9ECD3A

#9ECD3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.177 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD3A
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -36.02, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 73.66, 119.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1039 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.177 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6958, 51.2367, 11.9585)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD3A #693ACD

analogous

#CDB33A #9ECD3A #55CD3A

triadic

#9ECD3A #3A9ECD #CD3A9E

tetradic

#9ECD3A #3ACDB3 #693ACD #CD3A55

square

#9ECD3A #3ACDB3 #693ACD #CD3A55

split-complementary

#9ECD3A #3A55CD #B33ACD

monochromatic

#55701C #7BA129 #9ECD3A #B6D96B #CEE69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9ECD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD3A

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD3A	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.177 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7a',
    500: '#9ecd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd3a;
$custom-light: #bedc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.184,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD3A

secondary

#493279

accent

#45E377

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD3A

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

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