#9ECE4E#9ECE4E

#9ECE4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.165 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE4E
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(83, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -35.10, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 66.86, 121.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0996 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.165 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5470, 51.9611, 15.2576)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE4E #7E4ECE

analogous

#CEBE4E #9ECE4E #5ECE4E

triadic

#9ECE4E #4E9ECE #CE4E9E

tetradic

#9ECE4E #4ECEBE #7E4ECE #CE4E5E

square

#9ECE4E #4ECEBE #7E4ECE #CE4E5E

split-complementary

#9ECE4E #4E5ECE #BE4ECE

monochromatic

#5C7F23 #7FAE30 #9ECE4E #B8DB7E #D3E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#9ECE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE4E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE4E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.165 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd85',
    500: '#9ece4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece4e;
$custom-light: #bedd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79195,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE4E

secondary

#573A86

accent

#48E081

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE4E

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

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