#9ECD55#9ECD55

#9ECD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.158 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD55
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -34.05, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 63.52, 122.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0961 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.158 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5715, 51.5870, 16.5704)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD55 #8455CD

analogous

#CDC055 #9ECD55 #62CD55

triadic

#9ECD55 #559ECD #CD559E

tetradic

#9ECD55 #55CDC0 #8455CD #CD5562

square

#9ECD55 #55CDC0 #8455CD #CD5562

split-complementary

#9ECD55 #5562CD #C055CD

monochromatic

#5E8226 #80B134 #9ECD55 #B9DB84 #D4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#9ECD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9ECD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD55

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD55	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.158 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc89',
    500: '#9ecd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd55;
$custom-light: #bddc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79034,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD55

secondary

#5B3D89

accent

#4ADE84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD55

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

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