#9ECD4E#9ECD4E

#9ECD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.163 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD4E
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -34.64, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 66.35, 121.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0984 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.163 127)
XYZ	xyz(37.3070, 51.4812, 15.1776)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD4E #7D4ECD

analogous

#CDBD4E #9ECD4E #5ECD4E

triadic

#9ECD4E #4E9ECD #CD4E9E

tetradic

#9ECD4E #4ECDBD #7D4ECD #CD4E5E

square

#9ECD4E #4ECDBD #7D4ECD #CD4E5E

split-complementary

#9ECD4E #4E5ECD #BD4ECD

monochromatic

#5C7D23 #7FAD31 #9ECD4E #B8DA7E #D2E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#9ECD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD4E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD4E	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.163 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc85',
    500: '#9ecd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd4e;
$custom-light: #bedc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.205,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78962,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.51482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD4E

secondary

#563A85

accent

#49DF80

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD4E

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

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