#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
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -34.15, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 62.38, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0961 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.155 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9749, 52.1323, 17.5111)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9ECE59	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9ECE59

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

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