#9ECD3D#9ECD3D

#9ECD3D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.175 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD3D
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 61)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -35.84, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 72.65, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1031 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.175 126)
XYZ	xyz(36.7744, 51.2681, 12.3723)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD3D #6C3DCD

analogous

#CDB43D #9ECD3D #56CD3D

triadic

#9ECD3D #3D9ECD #CD3D9E

tetradic

#9ECD3D #3DCDB4 #6C3DCD #CD3D56

square

#9ECD3D #3DCDB4 #6C3DCD #CD3D56

split-complementary

#9ECD3D #3D56CD #B43DCD

monochromatic

#57721D #7BA32A #9ECD3D #B6DA6E #CFE69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#9ECD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD3D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD3D	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)

#D8BF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.175 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7b',
    500: '#9ecd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd3d;
$custom-light: #bedc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.583,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.17546,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.51269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD3D

secondary

#4B337B

accent

#46E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD3D

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

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