#9ECE51#9ECE51

#9ECE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.162 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE51
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -34.85, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 65.67, 122.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0987 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.162 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6570, 52.0051, 15.8370)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE51 #8151CE

analogous

#CEC051 #9ECE51 #60CE51

triadic

#9ECE51 #519ECE #CE519E

tetradic

#9ECE51 #51CEC0 #8151CE #CE5160

square

#9ECE51 #51CEC0 #8151CE #CE5160

split-complementary

#9ECE51 #5160CE #C051CE

monochromatic

#5D8024 #80B032 #9ECE51 #B9DB81 #D3E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#9ECE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE51

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE51	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.162 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bedd87',
    500: '#9ece51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece51;
$custom-light: #bedd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.04,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE51

secondary

#593B88

accent

#48DF82

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE51

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

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