#9EA01E#9EA01E
#9EA01E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.141 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA01E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 160, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 68%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 81%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 81.3%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.76, -15.48, 61.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.76, 62.98, 104.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.23% -0.0496 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.23% 0.141 110.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.9067, 32.5052, 6.0848) |
| Luminance | 0.3250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.50
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.48
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 2.89
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.46
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.90
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA01E #201EA0
analogous
#A0611E #9EA01E #5DA01E
triadic
#9EA01E #1E9EA0 #A01E9E
tetradic
#9EA01E #1EA061 #201EA0 #A01E5D
square
#9EA01E #1EA061 #201EA0 #A01E5D
split-complementary
#9EA01E #1E5DA0 #611EA0
monochromatic
#38390B #6B6C14 #9EA01E #D1D428 #DEE059
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.80
#9EA01E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.50
#9EA01E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA01E
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA01E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA01E | 1.00 | 2.80 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AA9589
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea01e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 160, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.141 110.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebb67',
500: '#9ea01e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea01e; $custom-light: #bebb67; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea01e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 160,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.923,
"s": 68.421,
"l": 37.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68227,
"c": 0.14115,
"h": 110.6
},
"luminance": 0.32504
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA01E
secondary
#5856C4
accent
#3DEB3F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A