#9EA117#9EA117

#9EA117 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.145 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA117
RGB	rgb(158, 161, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -16.21, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 65.09, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.052 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.145 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0011, 32.8215, 5.7233)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA117 #1A17A1

analogous

#A15F17 #9EA117 #59A117

triadic

#9EA117 #179EA1 #A1179E

tetradic

#9EA117 #17A15F #1A17A1 #A11759

square

#9EA117 #17A15F #1A17A1 #A11759

split-complementary

#9EA117 #1759A1 #5F17A1

monochromatic

#353608 #696B0F #9EA117 #D3D71F #E2E64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9EA117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#9EA117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA117

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA117	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 161, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.145 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbc65',
    500: '#9ea117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea117;
$custom-light: #bfbc65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68425,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA117

secondary

#4F4CC7

accent

#36F23A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131206

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA117

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

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