#9ECD40#9ECD40

#9ECD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.173 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD40
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -35.65, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 71.61, 119.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.1024 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.174 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8574, 51.3014, 12.8098)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD40 #6F40CD

analogous

#CDB540 #9ECD40 #57CD40

triadic

#9ECD40 #409ECD #CD409E

tetradic

#9ECD40 #40CDB5 #6F40CD #CD4057

square

#9ECD40 #40CDB5 #6F40CD #CD4057

split-complementary

#9ECD40 #4057CD #B540CD

monochromatic

#58741E #7CA52B #9ECD40 #B7DA71 #CFE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#9ECD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD40

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD40	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.173 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7d',
    500: '#9ecd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd40;
$custom-light: #bedc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7884,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD40

secondary

#4D347D

accent

#46E27A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD40

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

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