#9EA12D#9EA12D
#9EA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.134 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA12D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 161, 45) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 56%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 72%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 72%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.12, -15.37, 56.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.12, 58.56, 105.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.54% -0.0479 0.1253) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.54% 0.134 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3200, 32.9490, 7.4028) |
| Luminance | 0.3295 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.40
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.48
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.54
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.78
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.91
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA12D #302DA1
analogous
#A16A2D #9EA12D #64A12D
triadic
#9EA12D #2D9EA1 #A12D9E
tetradic
#9EA12D #2DA16A #302DA1 #A12D64
square
#9EA12D #2DA16A #302DA1 #A12D64
split-complementary
#9EA12D #2D64A1 #6A2DA1
monochromatic
#404112 #6F7120 #9EA12D #C6CA41 #D5D771
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#9EA12D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#9EA12D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA12D
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA12D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA12D | 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)
#AE9A18
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D36
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9978A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea12d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 161, 45); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.134 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebc6e',
500: '#9ea12d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea12d; $custom-light: #bebc6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea12d",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 161,
"b": 45
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.552,
"s": 56.311,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68541,
"c": 0.13413,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.32948
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA12D
secondary
#6D6BBF
accent
#48E04C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B