#9ECD99#9ECD99

#9ECD99 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.087 H 142.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECD99
RGB	rgb(158, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(114, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(114, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -25.35, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 32.93, 140.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0691 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.087 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6801, 53.2304, 38.2093)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECD99 #C899CD

analogous

#B8CD99 #9ECD99 #99CDAE

triadic

#9ECD99 #999ECD #CD999E

tetradic

#9ECD99 #99B8CD #C899CD #CDAE99

square

#9ECD99 #99B8CD #C899CD #CDAE99

split-complementary

#9ECD99 #AE99CD #CD99B8

monochromatic

#559E4D #77B970 #9ECD99 #C5E1C2 #EBF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#9ECD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#9ECD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECD99

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECD99	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.087 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdcb7',
    500: '#9ecd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecd99;
$custom-light: #bbdcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80141,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECD99

secondary

#9D68A2

accent

#38ADA2

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F8FCF8

border

#D1D5D1

text

#121511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECD99

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

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