#9ECD57#9ECD57

#9ECD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD57
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -33.87, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 62.69, 122.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0955 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.156 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6520, 51.6192, 16.9948)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD57 #8657CD

analogous

#CDC157 #9ECD57 #63CD57

triadic

#9ECD57 #579ECD #CD579E

tetradic

#9ECD57 #57CDC1 #8657CD #CD5763

square

#9ECD57 #57CDC1 #8657CD #CD5763

split-complementary

#9ECD57 #5763CD #C157CD

monochromatic

#5E8327 #80B235 #9ECD57 #B9DB86 #D4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#9ECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD57

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD57	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8a',
    500: '#9ecd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd57;
$custom-light: #bddc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.898,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79056,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD57

secondary

#5C3E8A

accent

#4ADD85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD57

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

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