#9ECD4F#9ECD4F

#9ECD4F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD4F
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -34.56, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 65.96, 121.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0981 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.162 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3431, 51.4956, 15.3679)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD4F #7E4FCD

analogous

#CDBD4F #9ECD4F #5FCD4F

triadic

#9ECD4F #4F9ECD #CD4F9E

tetradic

#9ECD4F #4FCDBD #7E4FCD #CD4F5F

square

#9ECD4F #4FCDBD #7E4FCD #CD4F5F

split-complementary

#9ECD4F #4F5FCD #BD4FCD

monochromatic

#5C7E24 #7FAE31 #9ECD4F #B8DB7F #D3E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#9ECD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD4F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD4F	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)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc85',
    500: '#9ecd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd4f;
$custom-light: #bedc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.381,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD4F

secondary

#573B86

accent

#49DF81

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD4F

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

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