#9ECD4D#9ECD4D

#9ECD4D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.164 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD4D
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -34.72, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 66.75, 121.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0987 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.164 127)
XYZ	xyz(37.2714, 51.4670, 14.9902)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD4D #7C4DCD

analogous

#CDBC4D #9ECD4D #5ECD4D

triadic

#9ECD4D #4D9ECD #CD4D9E

tetradic

#9ECD4D #4DCDBC #7C4DCD #CD4D5E

square

#9ECD4D #4DCDBC #7C4DCD #CD4D5E

split-complementary

#9ECD4D #4D5ECD #BC4DCD

monochromatic

#5C7D23 #7FAC30 #9ECD4D #B8DA7D #D2E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#9ECD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD4D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD4D	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.164 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc84',
    500: '#9ecd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd4d;
$custom-light: #bedc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.031,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.51468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD4D

secondary

#553A84

accent

#48DF80

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD4D

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

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