#9ECE59#9ECE59

#9ECE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.155 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9ECE59
RGBrgb(158, 206, 89)
HSLhsl(85, 54%, 58%)
HSVhsv(85, 57%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(23.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.36, -34.15, 52.20)
CIE-LCHlch(77.36, 62.38, 123.19°)
OKLaboklab(79.31% -0.0961 0.1222)
OKLCHoklch(79.31% 0.155 128.2)
XYZxyz(37.9749, 52.1323, 17.5111)
Luminance0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9ECE59 #8959CE
analogous
#CEC359 #9ECE59 #63CE59
triadic
#9ECE59 #599ECE #CE599E
tetradic
#9ECE59 #59CEC3 #8959CE #CE5963
square
#9ECE59 #59CEC3 #8959CE #CE5963
split-complementary
#9ECE59 #5963CE #C359CE
monochromatic
#5F8527 #80B535 #9ECE59 #BADC88 #D5EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#9ECE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43
#9ECE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE59
11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9ECE59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9ECE591.001.8411.4311.43
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4321.001.001.00
##00000011.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C14D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BE61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3C6B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9ece59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.155 128.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd8c',
    500: '#9ece59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9ece59;
$custom-light: #bddd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9ece59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.615,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79311,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9ECE59
secondary
#5F3F8C
accent
#4ADE87
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FCF4
border
#D2D5CE
text
#12150C
muted
#82847F

Preview Lab

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#9ECE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva