#9ECE40#9ECE40

#9ECE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.175 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE40
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -36.11, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 72.09, 120.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.1036 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.175 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0974, 51.7813, 12.8898)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE40 #7040CE

analogous

#CEB740 #9ECE40 #57CE40

triadic

#9ECE40 #409ECE #CE409E

tetradic

#9ECE40 #40CEB7 #7040CE #CE4057

square

#9ECE40 #40CEB7 #7040CE #CE4057

split-complementary

#9ECE40 #4057CE #B740CE

monochromatic

#58751E #7CA62B #9ECE40 #B7DA71 #CFE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#9ECE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE40

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE40	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.175 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd7d',
    500: '#9ece40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece40;
$custom-light: #bedd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.282,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79074,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE40

secondary

#4D347E

accent

#45E27A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE40

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

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