#9ECE5A#9ECE5A

#9ECE5A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.155 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE5A
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -34.06, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 61.96, 123.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0957 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.155 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0171, 52.1492, 17.7337)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE5A #8A5ACE

analogous

#CEC45A #9ECE5A #64CE5A

triadic

#9ECE5A #5A9ECE #CE5A9E

tetradic

#9ECE5A #5ACEC4 #8A5ACE #CE5A64

square

#9ECE5A #5ACEC4 #8A5ACE #CE5A64

split-complementary

#9ECE5A #5A64CE #C45ACE

monochromatic

#5F8628 #80B536 #9ECE5A #BADC89 #D5EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#9ECE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE5A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE5A	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.155 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd8c',
    500: '#9ece5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece5a;
$custom-light: #bddd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.828,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79322,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE5A

secondary

#5F3F8D

accent

#4ADE87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE5A

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

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