#9ECD49#9ECD49

#9ECD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.167 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD49
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -35.03, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 68.30, 120.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0999 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.167 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1345, 51.4122, 14.2692)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD49 #7849CD

analogous

#CDBA49 #9ECD49 #5CCD49

triadic

#9ECD49 #499ECD #CD499E

tetradic

#9ECD49 #49CDBA #7849CD #CD495C

square

#9ECD49 #49CDBA #7849CD #CD495C

split-complementary

#9ECD49 #495CCD #BA49CD

monochromatic

#5B7A22 #7EAA2F #9ECD49 #B8DA79 #D1E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#9ECD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD49

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD49	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.167 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc82',
    500: '#9ecd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd49;
$custom-light: #bedc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78915,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD49

secondary

#523882

accent

#48E07E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD49

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

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