#9ECF57#9ECF57

#9ECF57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.158 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ECF57
RGB	rgb(158, 207, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(85, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 0%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -34.79, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 63.74, 123.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.098 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.158 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1335, 52.5821, 17.1553)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9ECF57 #8857CF

analogous

#CFC457 #9ECF57 #62CF57

triadic

#9ECF57 #579ECF #CF579E

tetradic

#9ECF57 #57CFC4 #8857CF #CF5762

square

#9ECF57 #57CFC4 #8857CF #CF5762

split-complementary

#9ECF57 #5762CF #C457CF

monochromatic

#5F8526 #80B534 #9ECF57 #B9DD87 #D5EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#9ECF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#9ECF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ECF57

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ECF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ECF57	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ecf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 207, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.158 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdde8a',
    500: '#9ecf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ecf57;
$custom-light: #bdde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ecf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79521,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ECF57

secondary

#5E3E8C

accent

#49DF86

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ECF57

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

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