#9EA223#9EA223
#9EA223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.141 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA223 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 162, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 64%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 78%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 78.4%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.35, -16.33, 60.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.35, 62.29, 105.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.71% -0.0515 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.71% 0.141 111.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3252, 33.2318, 6.5648) |
| Luminance | 0.3323 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.52
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.64
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.28
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.30
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.75
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA223 #2723A2
analogous
#A26623 #9EA223 #5EA223
triadic
#9EA223 #239EA2 #A2239E
tetradic
#9EA223 #23A266 #2723A2 #A2235E
square
#9EA223 #23A266 #2723A2 #A2235E
split-complementary
#9EA223 #235EA2 #6623A2
monochromatic
#3C3D0D #6D7018 #9EA223 #CDD230 #D9DD62
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#9EA223 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.65
#9EA223 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA223
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA223 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA223 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.65 | 7.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9A00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea223; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.141 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd6a',
500: '#9ea223',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea223; $custom-light: #bebd6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea223",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 162,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.89,
"s": 64.467,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68706,
"c": 0.14084,
"h": 111.5
},
"luminance": 0.33231
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA223
secondary
#625EC2
accent
#40E746
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A