#9ECD42#9ECD42

#9ECD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.172 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD42
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -35.52, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 70.90, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.1018 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.172 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9154, 51.3245, 13.1150)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD42 #7142CD

analogous

#CDB742 #9ECD42 #58CD42

triadic

#9ECD42 #429ECD #CD429E

tetradic

#9ECD42 #42CDB7 #7142CD #CD4258

square

#9ECD42 #42CDB7 #7142CD #CD4258

split-complementary

#9ECD42 #4258CD #B742CD

monochromatic

#58761F #7DA62C #9ECD42 #B7DA72 #D0E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#9ECD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD42

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD42	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.172 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc7e',
    500: '#9ecd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd42;
$custom-light: #bedc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.288,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78856,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD42

secondary

#4E357E

accent

#46E17B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD42

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

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