#9ECD5D#9ECD5D

#9ECD5D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.150 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD5D
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -33.31, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 60.15, 123.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0934 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.15 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9074, 51.7214, 18.3399)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD5D #8C5DCD

analogous

#CDC45D #9ECD5D #66CD5D

triadic

#9ECD5D #5D9ECD #CD5D9E

tetradic

#9ECD5D #5DCDC4 #8C5DCD #CD5D66

square

#9ECD5D #5DCDC4 #8C5DCD #CD5D66

split-complementary

#9ECD5D #5D66CD #C45DCD

monochromatic

#5F8629 #80B538 #9ECD5D #BADB8C #D6EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#9ECD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD5D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD5D	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)

#D6C052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.150 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8e',
    500: '#9ecd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd5d;
$custom-light: #bddc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.179,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79126,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD5D

secondary

#61418D

accent

#4CDC88

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD5D

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

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