#9ECD3E#9ECD3E

#9ECD3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.175 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD3E
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -35.78, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 72.31, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1029 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.175 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8015, 51.2790, 12.5155)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD3E #6D3ECD

analogous

#CDB43E #9ECD3E #57CD3E

triadic

#9ECD3E #3E9ECD #CD3E9E

tetradic

#9ECD3E #3ECDB4 #6D3ECD #CD3E57

square

#9ECD3E #3ECDB4 #6D3ECD #CD3E57

split-complementary

#9ECD3E #3E57CD #B43ECD

monochromatic

#57731E #7CA32A #9ECD3E #B6DA6F #CFE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9ECD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD3E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD3E	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.175 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7c',
    500: '#9ecd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd3e;
$custom-light: #bedc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.72,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78824,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD3E

secondary

#4B347C

accent

#46E279

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD3E

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

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