#9ECE49#9ECE49

#9ECE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.168 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE49
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -35.48, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 68.80, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.1011 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.168 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3745, 51.8921, 14.3492)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE49 #7949CE

analogous

#CEBC49 #9ECE49 #5CCE49

triadic

#9ECE49 #499ECE #CE499E

tetradic

#9ECE49 #49CEBC #7949CE #CE495C

square

#9ECE49 #49CEBC #7949CE #CE495C

split-complementary

#9ECE49 #495CCE #BC49CE

monochromatic

#5B7B21 #7EAC2E #9ECE49 #B8DB79 #D1E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#9ECE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#9ECE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE49

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE49	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)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.168 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd82',
    500: '#9ece49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece49;
$custom-light: #bedd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.654,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79149,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE49

secondary

#533883

accent

#47E17F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE49

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

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