#9ECD3C#9ECD3C

#9ECD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.176 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD3C
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(79, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -35.90, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 72.99, 119.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1034 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.176 126)
XYZ	xyz(36.7477, 51.2574, 12.2317)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD3C #6B3CCD

analogous

#CDB33C #9ECD3C #56CD3C

triadic

#9ECD3C #3C9ECD #CD3C9E

tetradic

#9ECD3C #3CCDB3 #6B3CCD #CD3C56

square

#9ECD3C #3CCDB3 #6B3CCD #CD3C56

split-complementary

#9ECD3C #3C56CD #B33CCD

monochromatic

#56711D #7BA22A #9ECD3C #B6D96D #CEE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9ECD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD3C

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD3C	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)

#D8BF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.176 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7b',
    500: '#9ecd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd3c;
$custom-light: #bedc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.448,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7881,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.51258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD3C

secondary

#4A337A

accent

#45E278

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD3C

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

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