#9ECE99#9ECE99

#9ECE99 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.089 H 142.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECE99
RGB	rgb(158, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(114, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(114, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -25.84, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 33.55, 140.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0704 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.089 142.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9201, 53.7104, 38.2893)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECE99 #C999CE

analogous

#B8CE99 #9ECE99 #99CEAE

triadic

#9ECE99 #999ECE #CE999E

tetradic

#9ECE99 #99B8CE #C999CE #CEAE99

square

#9ECE99 #99B8CE #C999CE #CEAE99

split-complementary

#9ECE99 #AE99CE #CE99B8

monochromatic

#55A04D #77BA70 #9ECE99 #C5E2C2 #EBF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#9ECE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#9ECE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECE99

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECE99	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ACBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ece99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.089 142.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbddb7',
    500: '#9ece99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ece99;
$custom-light: #bbddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ece99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.34,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 142.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECE99

secondary

#9E68A3

accent

#38AEA3

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F8FCF8

border

#D1D5D1

text

#121511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECE99

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

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