#9EA12B#9EA12B
#9EA12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.135 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA12B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 161, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 58%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 73%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 73.3%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.11, -15.46, 57.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.11, 59.27, 105.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.53% -0.0484 0.1264) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.53% 0.135 111) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.2824, 32.9340, 7.2048) |
| Luminance | 0.3293 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.22
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.30
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.44
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.72
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.83
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA12B #2E2BA1
analogous
#A1692B #9EA12B #63A12B
triadic
#9EA12B #2B9EA1 #A12B9E
tetradic
#9EA12B #2BA169 #2E2BA1 #A12B63
square
#9EA12B #2BA169 #2E2BA1 #A12B63
split-complementary
#9EA12B #2B63A1 #692BA1
monochromatic
#3F4011 #6F711E #9EA12B #C8CB3E #D6D86E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#9EA12B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#9EA12B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA12B
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA12B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA12B | 1.00 | 2.77 | 7.59 | 7.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9978A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea12b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 161, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.135 111.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebc6d',
500: '#9ea12b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea12b; $custom-light: #bebc6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea12b",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 161,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.525,
"s": 57.843,
"l": 40
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68527,
"c": 0.13537,
"h": 111
},
"luminance": 0.32933
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA12B
secondary
#6B69BF
accent
#47E14B
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B