#9ECE42#9ECE42

#9ECE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.173 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE42
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -35.98, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 71.38, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.1031 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.173 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1553, 51.8045, 13.1949)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE42 #7242CE

analogous

#CEB842 #9ECE42 #58CE42

triadic

#9ECE42 #429ECE #CE429E

tetradic

#9ECE42 #42CEB8 #7242CE #CE4258

square

#9ECE42 #42CEB8 #7242CE #CE4258

split-complementary

#9ECE42 #4258CE #B842CE

monochromatic

#59771F #7DA72B #9ECE42 #B7DB73 #D0E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#9ECE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE42

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE42	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)

#D9C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.173 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd7e',
    500: '#9ece42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece42;
$custom-light: #bedd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79089,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE42

secondary

#4E357F

accent

#46E27B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE42

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

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