#9ECD66#9ECD66

#9ECD66 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.142 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD66
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(87, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(87, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -32.38, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 56.23, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0901 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.142 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3298, 51.8903, 20.5642)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD66 #9566CD

analogous

#CDC966 #9ECD66 #6ACD66

triadic

#9ECD66 #669ECD #CD669E

tetradic

#9ECD66 #66CDC9 #9566CD #CD666A

square

#9ECD66 #66CDC9 #9566CD #CD666A

split-complementary

#9ECD66 #666ACD #C966CD

monochromatic

#608B2D #80B93D #9ECD66 #BBDC94 #D8EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9ECD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD66

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD66	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.142 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc94',
    500: '#9ecd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd66;
$custom-light: #bddc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.379,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD66

secondary

#684592

accent

#27BE6C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD66

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

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