#9EA227#9EA227

#9EA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.139 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA227
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -16.16, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 61.03, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0507 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.139 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3880, 33.2570, 6.8956)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA227 #2B27A2

analogous

#A26927 #9EA227 #61A227

triadic

#9EA227 #279EA2 #A2279E

tetradic

#9EA227 #27A269 #2B27A2 #A22761

square

#9EA227 #27A269 #2B27A2 #A22761

split-complementary

#9EA227 #2761A2 #6927A2

monochromatic

#3E3F0F #6E711B #9EA227 #CACF37 #D7DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9EA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9EA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA227

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA227	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AF9A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.139 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebd6b',
    500: '#9ea227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea227;
$custom-light: #bebd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA227

secondary

#6764C1

accent

#43E449

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA227

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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