#9ECD50#9ECD50

#9ECD50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD50
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(83, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -34.48, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 65.56, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0977 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.162 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3798, 51.5103, 15.5610)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD50 #7F50CD

analogous

#CDBD50 #9ECD50 #5FCD50

triadic

#9ECD50 #509ECD #CD509E

tetradic

#9ECD50 #50CDBD #7F50CD #CD505F

square

#9ECD50 #50CDBD #7F50CD #CD505F

split-complementary

#9ECD50 #505FCD #BD50CD

monochromatic

#5D7E24 #7FAE32 #9ECD50 #B8DB80 #D3E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#9ECD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD50

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD50	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)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedc86',
    500: '#9ecd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd50;
$custom-light: #bedc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.56,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD50

secondary

#573B86

accent

#49DF81

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD50

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

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