#9ECD5E#9ECD5E

#9ECD5E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.150 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD5E
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(85, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -33.21, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 59.72, 123.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.093 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.15 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9520, 51.7392, 18.5747)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD5E #8D5ECD

analogous

#CDC45E #9ECD5E #66CD5E

triadic

#9ECD5E #5E9ECD #CD5E9E

tetradic

#9ECD5E #5ECDC4 #8D5ECD #CD5E66

square

#9ECD5E #5ECDC4 #8D5ECD #CD5E66

split-complementary

#9ECD5E #5E66CD #C45ECD

monochromatic

#5F872A #80B538 #9ECD5E #BADC8D #D6EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#9ECD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD5E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD5E	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.150 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc8f',
    500: '#9ecd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd5e;
$custom-light: #bddc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.405,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79138,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD5E

secondary

#62418E

accent

#4CDC89

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD5E

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

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