#9ECD69#9ECD69

#9ECD69 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.139 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD69
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(88, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(88, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -32.05, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 54.90, 125.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.089 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.139 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4813, 51.9509, 21.3620)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD69 #9869CD

analogous

#CDCA69 #9ECD69 #6CCD69

triadic

#9ECD69 #699ECD #CD699E

tetradic

#9ECD69 #69CDCA #9869CD #CD696C

square

#9ECD69 #69CDCA #9869CD #CD696C

split-complementary

#9ECD69 #696CCD #CA69CD

monochromatic

#618D2F #80BB3E #9ECD69 #BCDC97 #D9ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#9ECD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD69

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD69	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.139 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddc96',
    500: '#9ecd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd69;
$custom-light: #bddc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.2,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79281,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD69

secondary

#6B4793

accent

#28BD6E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#12150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD69

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

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