#9EA12E#9EA12E
#9EA12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; 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 | #9EA12E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 161, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 56%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 71%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 71.4%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.13, -15.31, 56.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.13, 58.20, 105.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.55% -0.0477 0.1247) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.55% 0.134 110.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3395, 32.9568, 7.5054) |
| Luminance | 0.3296 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.50
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.57
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.60
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.81
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.95
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA12E #312EA1
analogous
#A16A2E #9EA12E #64A12E
triadic
#9EA12E #2E9EA1 #A12E9E
tetradic
#9EA12E #2EA16A #312EA1 #A12E64
square
#9EA12E #2EA16A #312EA1 #A12E64
split-complementary
#9EA12E #2E64A1 #6A2EA1
monochromatic
#414213 #6F7120 #9EA12E #C6C943 #D4D773
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#9EA12E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#9EA12E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA12E
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA12E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA12E | 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)
#AE9A1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea12e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 161, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.134 110.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebc6f',
500: '#9ea12e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea12e; $custom-light: #bebc6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea12e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 161,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.565,
"s": 55.556,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68548,
"c": 0.1335,
"h": 110.9
},
"luminance": 0.32956
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA12E
secondary
#6E6CBE
accent
#49DF4D
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#121208
muted
#81817B