#9ECE57#9ECE57

#9ECE57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE57
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(84, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -34.33, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 63.22, 122.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0967 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.157 128)
XYZ	xyz(37.8920, 52.0991, 17.0748)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE57 #8757CE

analogous

#CEC357 #9ECE57 #62CE57

triadic

#9ECE57 #579ECE #CE579E

tetradic

#9ECE57 #57CEC3 #8757CE #CE5762

square

#9ECE57 #57CEC3 #8757CE #CE5762

split-complementary

#9ECE57 #5762CE #C357CE

monochromatic

#5E8427 #80B334 #9ECE57 #B9DC86 #D5EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#9ECE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE57

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE57	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd8a',
    500: '#9ece57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece57;
$custom-light: #bddd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.202,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79289,
    "c": 0.15715,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE57

secondary

#5D3E8B

accent

#4ADE86

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE57

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

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