#9ECD3F#9ECD3F

#9ECD3F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.174 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD3F
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 63)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -35.71, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 71.96, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.1026 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.174 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8292, 51.2901, 12.6613)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD3F #6E3FCD

analogous

#CDB53F #9ECD3F #57CD3F

triadic

#9ECD3F #3F9ECD #CD3F9E

tetradic

#9ECD3F #3FCDB5 #6E3FCD #CD3F57

square

#9ECD3F #3FCDB5 #6E3FCD #CD3F57

split-complementary

#9ECD3F #3F57CD #B53FCD

monochromatic

#57741E #7CA42B #9ECD3F #B7DA70 #CFE6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#9ECD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9ECD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD3F

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD3F	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)

#D8C028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.174 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7c',
    500: '#9ecd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd3f;
$custom-light: #bedc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.859,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78832,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD3F

secondary

#4C347C

accent

#46E27A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD3F

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

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