#9ECD56#9ECD56

#9ECD56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.157 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD56
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -33.96, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 63.11, 122.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0958 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.157 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6115, 51.6030, 16.7811)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD56 #8556CD

analogous

#CDC056 #9ECD56 #63CD56

triadic

#9ECD56 #569ECD #CD569E

tetradic

#9ECD56 #56CDC0 #8556CD #CD5663

square

#9ECD56 #56CDC0 #8556CD #CD5663

split-complementary

#9ECD56 #5663CD #C056CD

monochromatic

#5E8226 #80B134 #9ECD56 #B9DB85 #D4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9ECD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD56

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD56	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.157 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8a',
    500: '#9ecd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd56;
$custom-light: #bddc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.697,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79045,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD56

secondary

#5C3E89

accent

#4ADE84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD56

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

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