#9ECD5A#9ECD5A

#9ECD5A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.153 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD5A
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -33.60, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 61.43, 123.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0944 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.153 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7772, 51.6692, 17.6537)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD5A #895ACD

analogous

#CDC25A #9ECD5A #64CD5A

triadic

#9ECD5A #5A9ECD #CD5A9E

tetradic

#9ECD5A #5ACDC2 #895ACD #CD5A64

square

#9ECD5A #5ACDC2 #895ACD #CD5A64

split-complementary

#9ECD5A #5A64CD #C25ACD

monochromatic

#5F8428 #80B336 #9ECD5A #BADB89 #D5E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#9ECD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD5A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD5A	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.153 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8c',
    500: '#9ecd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd5a;
$custom-light: #bddc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.522,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7909,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD5A

secondary

#5F408C

accent

#4BDD87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD5A

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

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