#9EA224#9EA224
#9EA224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.140 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA224 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 162, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 64%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 78%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 77.8%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.35, -16.29, 59.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.35, 61.98, 105.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.71% -0.0513 0.1306) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.71% 0.14 111.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3403, 33.2379, 6.6441) |
| Luminance | 0.3324 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
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#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA224 #2824A2
analogous
#A26724 #9EA224 #5FA224
triadic
#9EA224 #249EA2 #A2249E
tetradic
#9EA224 #24A267 #2824A2 #A2245F
square
#9EA224 #24A267 #2824A2 #A2245F
split-complementary
#9EA224 #245FA2 #6724A2
monochromatic
#3C3E0E #6D7019 #9EA224 #CCD132 #D9DD64
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#9EA224 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.65
#9EA224 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA224
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA224 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA224 | 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)
#B09E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea224; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.140 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd6a',
500: '#9ea224',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea224; $custom-light: #bebd6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea224",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 162,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.905,
"s": 63.636,
"l": 38.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68712,
"c": 0.14033,
"h": 111.5
},
"luminance": 0.33237
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA224
secondary
#6360C2
accent
#41E746
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A