#9ECE48#9ECE48

#9ECE48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.169 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE48
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 72)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(81, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -35.56, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 69.18, 120.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.1014 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.169 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3416, 51.8790, 14.1759)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE48 #7848CE

analogous

#CEBB48 #9ECE48 #5BCE48

triadic

#9ECE48 #489ECE #CE489E

tetradic

#9ECE48 #48CEBB #7848CE #CE485B

square

#9ECE48 #48CEBB #7848CE #CE485B

split-complementary

#9ECE48 #485BCE #BB48CE

monochromatic

#5B7B21 #7EAB2E #9ECE48 #B8DB78 #D1E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9ECE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE48

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE48	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)

#D8C136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.169 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd81',
    500: '#9ece48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece48;
$custom-light: #bedd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE48

secondary

#523783

accent

#47E17E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE48

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

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