#9ECD53#9ECD53

#9ECD53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.159 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD53
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -34.23, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 64.34, 122.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0968 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.159 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4931, 51.5556, 16.1578)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD53 #8253CD

analogous

#CDBF53 #9ECD53 #61CD53

triadic

#9ECD53 #539ECD #CD539E

tetradic

#9ECD53 #53CDBF #8253CD #CD5361

square

#9ECD53 #53CDBF #8253CD #CD5361

split-complementary

#9ECD53 #5361CD #BF53CD

monochromatic

#5D8025 #80B033 #9ECD53 #B9DB82 #D3E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#9ECD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD53

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD53	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.159 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc88',
    500: '#9ecd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd53;
$custom-light: #bddc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.115,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79013,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD53

secondary

#593C88

accent

#4ADE83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD53

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

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