#9ECE5D#9ECE5D

#9ECE5D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.152 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE5D
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 93)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -33.77, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 60.69, 123.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0947 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.152 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1474, 52.2013, 18.4199)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE5D #8D5DCE

analogous

#CEC65D #9ECE5D #65CE5D

triadic

#9ECE5D #5D9ECE #CE5D9E

tetradic

#9ECE5D #5DCEC6 #8D5DCE #CE5D65

square

#9ECE5D #5DCEC6 #8D5DCE #CE5D65

split-complementary

#9ECE5D #5D65CE #C65DCE

monochromatic

#5F8829 #80B737 #9ECE5D #BADC8C #D6EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9ECE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#9ECE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE5D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE5D	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.152 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bddd8e',
    500: '#9ece5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece5d;
$custom-light: #bddd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.487,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE5D

secondary

#62418E

accent

#4BDD89

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE5D

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

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