#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
RGBrgb(158, 206, 81)
HSLhsl(83, 56%, 56%)
HSVhsv(83, 61%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(23.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.28, -34.85, 55.65)
CIE-LCHlch(77.28, 65.67, 122.06°)
OKLaboklab(79.22% -0.0987 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(79.22% 0.162 127.5)
XYZxyz(37.6570, 52.0051, 15.8370)
Luminance0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##9ECE511.001.8411.4011.40
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4021.001.001.00
##00000011.4021.001.001.00

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

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#9ECE51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva