#9ECD5B#9ECD5B

#9ECD5B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD5B
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -33.50, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 61.01, 123.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0941 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.152 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8200, 51.6864, 17.8794)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD5B #8A5BCD

analogous

#CDC35B #9ECD5B #65CD5B

triadic

#9ECD5B #5B9ECD #CD5B9E

tetradic

#9ECD5B #5BCDC3 #8A5BCD #CD5B65

square

#9ECD5B #5BCDC3 #8A5BCD #CD5B65

split-complementary

#9ECD5B #5B65CD #C35BCD

monochromatic

#5F8529 #80B437 #9ECD5B #BADB8A #D5EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#9ECD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD5B

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD5B	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8d',
    500: '#9ecd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd5b;
$custom-light: #bddc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.737,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79102,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD5B

secondary

#5F408C

accent

#4BDD87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD5B

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

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