#9ECE55#9ECE55

#9ECE55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.159 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE55
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -34.51, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 64.04, 122.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0974 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.159 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8114, 52.0669, 16.6504)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE55 #8555CE

analogous

#CEC255 #9ECE55 #62CE55

triadic

#9ECE55 #559ECE #CE559E

tetradic

#9ECE55 #55CEC2 #8555CE #CE5562

square

#9ECE55 #55CEC2 #8555CE #CE5562

split-complementary

#9ECE55 #5562CE #C255CE

monochromatic

#5E8326 #80B233 #9ECE55 #B9DC85 #D4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#9ECE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE55

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE55	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.159 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd89',
    500: '#9ece55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece55;
$custom-light: #bddd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.802,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE55

secondary

#5C3D8A

accent

#49DF84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE55

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

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